English-Portuguese translations for slow

• lento
  Os melhoramentos são necessariamente lentos.Any improvement can only be slow.
  É um processo lento, mas temos de nos debruçar sobre ele. It is a slow process but it must be addressed.
  O crescimento europeu permanece preocupantemente lento. European growth remains worryingly slow.
• burro
• devagar
  (O Presidente pede ao orador que fale mais devagar) (The President asked the speaker to slow down)
  Por vezes avançamos devagar, mas com segurança. Well, sometimes we are a bit slow, but we are reliable.
  Como se diz no meu país, "devagar se vai ao longe". As we say in my country, 'slow and steady wins the race'.
• ignorante

Definition of slow

• Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed
• Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time
• Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend
• Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution
• Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time
• Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness
• To make run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of
• To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate
• Someone who is slow; a sluggard
• Slowly

Examples

• a slow train;  a slow computer
• That clock is slow
• It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier
• Im just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon
• That clock is running slow.

Related words

• slowly
• slowdown
• slowworm
• slowness
• slow-worm
• slowpoke
• slowing
• slow-witted
• slowcoach