# momento
## English
### Etymology

Blend of memento +‎ moment.

### Noun

momento
* Misspelling of memento.

#### Usage notes

* This spelling has become so common that some references now no longer consider it a misspelling.

### References

* “memento”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (usage note)

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [moˈmento]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: mo‧men‧to

### Noun

momento (accusative singular momenton, plural momentoj, accusative plural momentojn)
* moment, instant
** 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto‎:Kaj en tiu ĉi solena momento ekparolis la ŝerifo.And in this solemn moment up spoke the sherif.

#### Derived terms

* momenta
* momente

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin momentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈmento/ [mõˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: mo‧men‧to

### Noun

momento m (plural momentos)
* moment, instant
    Synonyms: instante, retrinco
* (physics) momentum

### Further reading

* “momento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English momentum, French moment, German Moment, Italian momento, Russian моме́нт (momént), Spanish momento. Decision no. 1272, Progreso VII. Old superseded sense also through Esperanto momento.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈmento/

### Noun

momento (plural momenti)
* (physics) momentum
    Synonym: mov-quanto (rare)
* (superseded, rare) moment [1907–1912/13]
    Synonym: instanto

### References

* Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 173
* Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 71

## Interlingua
### Noun

momento (plural momentos)
* moment
    In iste momento, io es euphoric.In this moment, I am euphoric.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin mōmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈmen.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: mo‧mén‧to

### Noun

momento m (plural momenti)
* moment
* (physics) momentum

#### Derived terms

* dal momento che
* momentaneamente
* momentaneo
* momento angolare

#### See also

* istante

### Further reading

* momento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Noun

mōmentō
* dative/ablative singular of mōmentum

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōmentum.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈmẽ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈmẽ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈmẽ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈmẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtu
* Hyphenation: mo‧men‧to

### Noun

momento m (plural momentos)
* moment (very brief period of time)
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 508:Harry estudou-o por um momento.Harry studied him for a moment.
* (physics) momentum

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:momento.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈmento/ [moˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: mo‧men‧to

### Noun

momento m (plural momentos)
* (time) moment, instant
    Synonym: instante
    Un momento, señor.One moment, sir.
* timing
    Fue un mal momento, así de simple.It was bad timing, plain and simple.
    ¡Buen momento! Tengo el día libre.Good timing! I have the day off.
* (physics) momentum

#### Derived terms

* a cada momento
* cada momento
* cuadrimomento
* de momento
* de un momento a otro
* desde el momento en que
* en cualquier momento
* en el último momento
* en su momento
* en todo momento
* hasta el momento
* momentáneo
* momentazo
* momentito
* momento de fuerza
* momento de inercia
* momento de la verdad
* momento de una fuerza
* por el momento
* por momentos
* último momento
* un momento

#### See also

* lapso
* segundo

### Further reading

* “momento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10