# alentir
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ lent +‎ -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.lənˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.lenˈtiɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### Verb

alentir (first-person singular present alenteixo, first-person singular preterite alentí, past participle alentit)
* (transitive, reflexive) to slow, to slow down

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | alentir | alentir | alentir | alentir | alentir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | alentint | alentint | alentint | alentint | alentint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | alentit | alentit | alentida | alentida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | alentits | alentits | alentides | alentides |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | alenteixo | alenteixes | alenteix | alentim | alentiu | alenteixen |
| indicative | imperfect | alentia | alenties | alentia | alentíem | alentíeu | alentien |
| indicative | future | alentiré | alentiràs | alentirà | alentirem | alentireu | alentiran |
| indicative | preterite | alentí | alentires | alentí | alentírem | alentíreu | alentiren |
| indicative | conditional | alentiria | alentiries | alentiria | alentiríem | alentiríeu | alentirien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | alenteixi | alenteixis | alenteixi | alentim | alentiu | alenteixin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | alentís | alentissis | alentís | alentíssim | alentíssiu | alentissin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | alenteix | alenteixi | alentim | alentiu | alenteixin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no alenteixis | no alenteixi | no alentim | no alentiu | no alenteixin |

#### Derived terms

* alentidor
* alentiment
* alentit

### Further reading

* “alentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “alentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “alentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “alentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From a- +‎ lent +‎ -ir.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

alentir
* (chiefly obsolete) to slow down

#### Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

#### Synonyms

* ralentir (much more common)

### Further reading

* “alentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ralenti, reliant

## Occitan
### Etymology

a- +‎ lent +‎ -ir

### Verb

alentir
* to slow down

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.