# lentificar
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lentifiˈkaɾ/ [lẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: len‧ti‧fi‧car

### Verb

lentificar (first-person singular present lentifico, first-person singular preterite lentifiqué, past participle lentificado)
* to slow down
** 2015 September 14, “¿Qué le hace la música a nuestro cerebro?”, in El País‎:El área de la salud se vale de la música con el fin de mejorar, mantener o intentar recuperar el funcionamiento cognitivo, físico, emocional y social, y ayudar a lentificar el avance de distintas condiciones médicas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | lentificar | lentificar | lentificar | lentificar | lentificar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | lentificando | lentificando | lentificando | lentificando | lentificando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | lentificado | lentificado | lentificada | lentificada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | lentificados | lentificados | lentificadas | lentificadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | lentifico | lentificas$^{tú}$ lentificás$^{vos}$ | lentifica | lentificamos | lentificáis | lentifican |
| indicative | imperfect | lentificaba | lentificabas | lentificaba | lentificábamos | lentificabais | lentificaban |
| indicative | preterite | lentifiqué | lentificaste | lentificó | lentificamos | lentificasteis | lentificaron |
| indicative | future | lentificaré | lentificarás | lentificará | lentificaremos | lentificaréis | lentificarán |
| indicative | conditional | lentificaría | lentificarías | lentificaría | lentificaríamos | lentificaríais | lentificarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | lentifique | lentifiques$^{tú}$ lentifiqués$^{vos2}$ | lentifique | lentifiquemos | lentifiquéis | lentifiquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | lentificara | lentificaras | lentificara | lentificáramos | lentificarais | lentificaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | lentificase | lentificases | lentificase | lentificásemos | lentificaseis | lentificasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | lentificare | lentificares | lentificare | lentificáremos | lentificareis | lentificaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | lentifica$^{tú}$ lentificá$^{vos}$ | lentifique | lentifiquemos | lentificad | lentifiquen |
| imperative | negative | | no lentifiques | no lentifique | no lentifiquemos | no lentifiquéis | no lentifiquen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “lentificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014