enlentecer

From en- +‎ lento (“damp, moist”) +‎ -ecer.

enlentecer (first-person singular present enlentezo, first-person singular preterite enlentecín, past participle enlentecido)

1. (transitive) to dampen, to moisten

• “enlentecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From en- +‎ lento (“slow”) +‎ -ecer.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enlenteˈθeɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enlenteˈseɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: en‧len‧te‧cer

enlentecer (first-person singular present enlentezco, first-person singular preterite enlentecí, past participle enlentecido)

1. (transitive) to slow down, to hamper
   • 2015 October 11, “Consejos para impuntuales”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Tener compromisos de más enlentece y retrasa su agenda.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “enlentecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28