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Definition of lento in English:
lento
adverb
Music(especially as a direction) slowly.
‘the song opens lento and pianissimo’- ‘For example, the song ‘Dear Eileen, I'm Going to Leave You’ is written in minor with a molto lento tempo.’
- ‘And indeed, just before the end, there is a strategic, if quiet, B minor chord filling an entire lento bar.’
- ‘No. 2 is the longer by 13 minutes, and notable for the emergence of a poignant viola tune in the big lento finale, and for a shocking last bar.’
- ‘The song opens lento and pianissimo, couched in rootless, muted parallel thirds (suggesting an augmented triad as they yield to mysterious, other-worldly, descending parallel whole tones).’
unhurriedly, without hurrying, at a leisurely pace, at a slow pace, leisurely, steadily, taking one's time, in one's own good time
Pronunciation
adjective
MusicPlayed slowly.
- ‘the slow lento movement highlights the quartet's individual excellence’
Pronunciation
nounplural noun lentos
MusicA passage or movement marked to be performed slowly.
‘Listen to the glorious outpouring of the lento, and the dance that is the finale.’- ‘The final lento illustrates the ‘becoming’ principle most clearly.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Italian.
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