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lentando

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len⋅tan⋅do

  [len-tahn-doh; It. len-tahn-daw]
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–adjective Music.
becoming slower.
Origin:
1850–55; < It, prp. of lentare to make slow; see lento
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len·tan·do   (lěn-tän'dō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
Slowing gradually. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, present participle of lentare, to make slow, from lento, slow; see lento.]
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