Meaning
to slow down
- to slow down, decelerate
- to slow, reduce the pace of something
- to ease up, become less intense
In a sentence
Puoi rallentare un po'? Questa strada è stretta.
Can you slow down a bit? This road is narrow.
Negli ultimi giorni ho rallentato il ritmo.
In the last few days I’ve slowed my pace.
Non rallentare gli allenamenti proprio adesso.
Don’t ease up on training right now.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rallentare | infinitive |
| rallentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rallento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rallentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rallenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rallenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rallentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rallentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rallentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rallentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rallentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rallentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rallentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rallentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rallentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rallentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rallenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rallenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rallenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rallenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rallenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rallenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rallentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rallenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rallentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rallenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rallenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rallentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rallentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rallentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rallentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rallentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rallenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rallenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rallentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rallenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rallenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rallenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rallentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rallentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rallenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rallentando | gerund |
| rallentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rallentare for speed or pace. For becoming less intense, Italian often prefers diminuire or calare.
- It works both transitively and intransitively: Rallenta! and Rallenta il ritmo are both natural.
- With movement, intransitive forms usually take essere in compound tenses: la macchina è rallentata.