Also means
to reduce speed
Usage Note
Rallentare doubles the l — keep both in writing and hold the sound in speech: ral-len-TAH-reh. It can be transitive (rallentare il passo = to slow one's step) or intransitive (il treno rallenta = the train slows down). The related noun is rallentamento.
Examples
"Il traffico mi ha fatto rallentare."
Natural Translation
The traffic made me slow down.
Literal Translation
The traffic me has made to-slow-down.

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