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Italian word
lento
slow; (music) slow tempo
Looks like
lent / Lent (religious)
Lent = 40-day Christian fasting period before Easter
⚠️ The trap
'Lento' = slow. The religious season Lent is 'Quaresima' in Italian. 'Lento' is also used as a musical tempo direction in both Italian and English. 'A passo lento' = 'at a slow pace'. No connection to the religious 'Lent'.
To say "Lent = 40-day Christian fasting period before Easter" in Italian:
lento (slow); Quaresima (Lent the religious period)
"lento" in English means:
slow; (music) slow tempo
Example
"Vai troppo lento! Devi accelerare."
"You're going too slow! You need to speed up."
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