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pesadamente

  • 1 pesadamente

    adv.
    1 heavily, weightily, ponderously, cumbrously.
    2 sorrowfully, grievously.
    3 slowly (lentamente), tardily, lazily.
    * * *
    1 sluggishly, heavily
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=con mucho peso) heavily
    2) (=lentamente) slowly, sluggishly
    3) (=de manera aburrida) boringly, tediously
    * * *
    a) < caer> heavily
    b) <caminar/moverse> slowly, heavily
    * * *
    = tediously, ponderously, boringly.
    Ex. Bibliographers, like other scholars, have to be able to think logically, to judge critically, and to persevere in tediously repetitive tasks.
    Ex. However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex. Everything that happens in the couple's tiny, shrunken, enclosed world is addictive, unglamorous, and boringly awful.
    ----
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * * *
    a) < caer> heavily
    b) <caminar/moverse> slowly, heavily
    * * *
    = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

    Ex: Bibliographers, like other scholars, have to be able to think logically, to judge critically, and to persevere in tediously repetitive tasks.

    Ex: However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex: Everything that happens in the couple's tiny, shrunken, enclosed world is addictive, unglamorous, and boringly awful.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.

    * * *
    1 ‹caer› heavily
    se dejó caer pesadamente en el sillón he flopped into the armchair, he dropped heavily into the armchair
    2 ‹caminar/moverse› slowly, heavily
    * * *
    1. [con gran peso] heavily;
    dejó caer el puño pesadamente sobre la mesa he brought his fist down heavily on the table
    2. [dificultosamente] heavily;
    respirar pesadamente to breathe heavily o with difficulty
    * * *
    adv heavily
    * * *
    1) : heavily
    2) : slowly, clumsily

    Spanish-English dictionary > pesadamente

  • 2 pesadamente

    • weighted tariffs
    • weightiness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pesadamente

  • 3 avanzar lenta y pesadamente

    (v.) = trundle
    Ex. He ambushed them as they trundled down the path on their all-terrain vehicles.
    * * *
    (v.) = trundle

    Ex: He ambushed them as they trundled down the path on their all-terrain vehicles.

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar lenta y pesadamente

  • 4 andar pesadamente

    • stump on the ground
    • thud about
    • thump about
    • walk faster than
    • walk in

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > andar pesadamente

  • 5 caer pesadamente

    • fall heavily
    • fall with a plump
    • flukiness
    • flump down

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > caer pesadamente

  • 6 dejar caer pesadamente

    • drop heavily

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dejar caer pesadamente

  • 7 dejarse caer pesadamente

    • fall heavily

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dejarse caer pesadamente

  • 8 desplomarse pesadamente

    • plop down

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desplomarse pesadamente

  • 9 moverse pesadamente

    • lumber about
    • lumber along
    • lumber around
    • move heavily
    • walk heavily
    • walk in a stately manner
    • walk with a firm step
    • walk with a heavy step

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > moverse pesadamente

  • 10 respirar pesadamente

    • breathe heavily

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > respirar pesadamente

  • 11 andar pesadamente

    v.
    to walk heavily, to thud about, to stump on the ground, to tramp.

    Spanish-English dictionary > andar pesadamente

  • 12 caer pesadamente

    v.
    to fall heavily, to fall down heavily, to plump, to fall with a plump.

    Spanish-English dictionary > caer pesadamente

  • 13 desplomarse pesadamente

    v.
    to plop down, to fall heavily to the ground.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desplomarse pesadamente

  • 14 moverse pesadamente

    v.
    to walk heavy-footed, to lumber, to lumber about, to lumber around.

    Spanish-English dictionary > moverse pesadamente

  • 15 respirar pesadamente

    v.
    to breathe heavily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > respirar pesadamente

  • 16 avanzar

    v.
    1 to advance.
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    Mi chico avanza en la escuela My boy advances in school.
    Ricardo avanzó las ventas Richard advanced=promoted sales.
    2 to make progress.
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3 to pass (time).
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes quickly
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4 to move forward.
    El coche avanza lentamente The car moves forward slowly.
    * * *
    1 to advance, go forward
    1 (mover adelante) to advance, move forward
    2 (dinero) to advance
    3 (promover) to promote
    4 (una propuesta) to put forward
    1 (adelantarse) to go forward, advance; (día, noche) to draw in
    * * *
    verb
    1) to advance, move forward
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=mover) to move forward, advance

    avanzó la ficha cuatro casillas — he moved the counter forward four spaces, he advanced the counter four spaces

    2) [+ dinero] to advance
    3) [+ opinión, propuesta] to put forward
    4) [+ resultado] to predict; [+ predicción] to make
    5) Caribe (=vomitar) to vomit
    2. VI
    1) (=ir hacia adelante) to advance, move forward

    no me esperéis, seguid avanzando — don't wait for me, carry on

    2) (=progresar) to make progress
    3) [noche, invierno] to draw on, approach
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.
    Ex. Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.
    Ex. If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex. Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex. Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex. We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex. It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex. The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex. All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex. Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex. Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex. This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex. Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex. In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex. The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex. The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex. As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex. In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex. The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex. Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex. Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex. Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
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    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.

    Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

    Ex: If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex: Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex: Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex: We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex: It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex: The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex: All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex: Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex: Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex: This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex: Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex: In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex: The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex: As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex: In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex: Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex: Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.

    * * *
    avanzar [A4 ]
    vi
    1 «tropas/persona/tráfico» to advance, move forward avanzar HACIA algo:
    las tropas avanzan hacia la capital the troops are advancing on the capital
    el país avanza hacia la democracia the country is moving o advancing toward(s) democracy
    2 ( Fot) «rollo» to wind on
    3 «persona» (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; «negociaciones/proyecto» to progress
    no estoy avanzando mucho con este trabajo I'm not making much progress o headway o I'm not getting very far with this work
    4 «tiempo» to draw on
    ■ avanzar
    vt
    1 (adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    avanzaron unos pasos they moved forward o advanced a few steps, they took a few steps forward
    2 (mover) to move … forward, advance
    avanzó un peón he moved o pushed a pawn forward, he advanced a pawn
    3 ‹propuesta› to put forward
    * * *

     

    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sacudida
    - salto
    - tantear
    - adelantar
    English:
    advance
    - come forward
    - crawl
    - edge
    - freewheel
    - go forward
    - headway
    - move
    - move along
    - pace
    - proceed
    - progress
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - surge
    - wind
    - fast
    - head
    - hover
    - inch
    - lumber
    - scroll
    - somewhere
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [moverse] to advance;
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing;
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    2. [progresar] to make progress;
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies;
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3. [tiempo] to pass;
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes very quickly;
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4. [carrete] to wind on
    ♦ vt
    1. [adelantar] to move forward;
    las tropas avanzaron sus posiciones the troops advanced their position;
    avanzaron varias posiciones en la clasificación de liga they moved up several places in the league
    2. [noticias]
    avanzar algo a alguien to inform sb of sth in advance;
    les avanzó los resultados del estudio she informed them of the results of the study before it was published
    3. [carrete] to wind on
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 move forward, advance;
    avanzar un pie take a step forward
    2 dinero advance
    II v/i
    1 advance, move forward; MIL advance ( hacia on)
    2 en trabajo make progress
    * * *
    avanzar {21} v
    : to advance, to move forward
    * * *
    1. (progresar) to make progress / to get on
    2. (ir hacia delante) to advance / to move forward

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar

  • 17 lento

    adj.
    1 slow, easygoing, poky, slow-witted.
    2 slow, not very fast, slow moving.
    adv.
    slowly, slow.
    * * *
    1 slow
    1 slowly
    ————————
    1 slowly
    * * *
    (f. - lenta)
    adj.
    1) slow
    2) dull
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [ritmo, movimiento, caída] slow; [tráfico, película] slow, slow-moving

    una muerte lenta — a lingering o slow death

    ¡qué lentos pasan los días! — the days go so slowly!

    cámara 1., 1), fuego 2), b), paso II, 1., 4)
    2.
    ADV slowly
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-witted
    b) (Coc)

    a fuego lento — < cocinar> over a low heat; < hervir> gently

    II
    adverbio slowly
    * * *
    = slow [slower -comp., slowest -sup.], slowly, time-consuming [time consuming], sluggish.
    Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
    ----
    * actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * cámara lenta = slow motion.
    * cocer a fuego lento = simmer.
    * combustión lenta = smouldering combustion.
    * comenzar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * deportista lento pero seguro = plodder.
    * empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * hervir a fuego lento = simmer.
    * lento y pesado = plodding.
    * olla de cocción lenta = crockpot.
    * reaccionar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * responder lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-witted
    b) (Coc)

    a fuego lento — < cocinar> over a low heat; < hervir> gently

    II
    adverbio slowly
    * * *
    = slow [slower -comp., slowest -sup.], slowly, time-consuming [time consuming], sluggish.

    Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.

    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
    * actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * cámara lenta = slow motion.
    * cocer a fuego lento = simmer.
    * combustión lenta = smouldering combustion.
    * comenzar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * deportista lento pero seguro = plodder.
    * empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * hervir a fuego lento = simmer.
    * lento y pesado = plodding.
    * olla de cocción lenta = crockpot.
    * reaccionar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * responder lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

    * * *
    lento1 -ta
    A
    1 ‹proceso/trabajador/vehículo› slow
    un lento crecimiento económico a slow o sluggish rate of economic growth
    movimientos lentos slow movements
    sufrió una muerte lenta she suffered a slow o lingering death
    2 ‹compás/ritmo› slow
    3 ‹película/argumento› slow-moving, slow
    4 ‹estudiante› slow, slow-witted
    eres muy lento you're very slow (on the uptake)
    B
    1 ‹combustión›
    una mecha de combustión lenta a slow-burning o slow fuse
    2 ( Coc):
    cocinar a fuego lento cook over a low heat
    hervir a fuego lento simmer gently
    ‹andar/conducir› slowly; ‹hablar› slowly
    ¡qué lento pasa el tiempo! time is going so slowly!
    prefiero ir lento pero seguro I prefer to go slowly and be safe
    * * *

     

    lento 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    slow
    lento 2 adverbio
    slowly
    lento,-a
    I adjetivo slow
    a fuego lento, on a low heat
    II adv fam habla muy lento, he speaks very slowly

    ' lento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fuego
    - lenta
    - paso
    - refleja
    - reflejo
    - retrasar
    - retrasarse
    - tarda
    - tardo
    - tardón
    - tardona
    - cocer
    English:
    braise
    - laboured
    - lazy
    - leisurely
    - lethargic
    - lingering
    - low
    - plod
    - simmer
    - slow
    - sluggish
    - deliberate
    - pace
    - poach
    - ponderous
    - reader
    * * *
    lento, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [pausado] slow;
    [muerte, agonía] lingering, long-drawn-out;
    es muy lento trabajando he's a very slow worker;
    una película lenta a slow movie o Br film;
    ¡qué lentas pasan las horas! time is passing so slowly!;
    lento, pero seguro slow but sure;
    Fam Hum
    ser más lento que un desfile de cojos o [m5] que el caballo del malo to be a real Br slowcoach o US slowpoke
    2. [con poca intensidad]
    cocer algo a fuego lento to cook sth over a low heat
    3. Mús lento
    ♦ nm
    Mús lento
    ♦ adv
    1. [pausadamente] slowly;
    trabaja muy lento he's a very slow worker;
    lento, pero seguro slowly but surely
    2. Mús lento
    * * *
    adj slow;
    a fuego lento on a low heat
    * * *
    lento adv
    despacio: slowly
    lento, -ta adj
    1) : slow
    2) : slow-witted, dull
    ♦ lentamente adv
    * * *
    lento1 adj slow
    lento2 adv slowly

    Spanish-English dictionary > lento

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