The word slow derives from the Latin "lentus" is the term that we use in our language when we realize that something is presented in a slow, calm, low intensity and vigor and, therefore, requires a time longer so that it happens and ends.
Meanwhile, the word is recurrent that we apply it in relation to people, when we want to indicate that they only stand out and characterize by presenting actions, stopped movements and without too much vigor.
It is also important to mention that we call it slow for that individual who has difficulty understanding ideas or concepts, that is, it can not only be slow because of the way they carry out actions, but also in intellectual and cognitive matters. Possible slow performance.
We speak of a slow understanding when someone takes more time than usual to solve a problematic situation, or to interpret a concept or fact.
Having slow decisions is taking too long between thinking and putting it into action.
The expression "a slow agony" refers to suffering prolonged in time, which does not seem to have a solution.
In the culinary field, the term "slow cooker" is used to refer to the fact that certain foods must be cooked, for example a cake, with low or low heat, which will require more time to cook.
In Music, the adage is an example of tempo musical slow, 'because its implementation is done slowly.
When shooting in slow motion, it is done quickly, but when projecting, the viewer has the visual feeling that the scenes take longer.
In addition, the use of the word in relation to animals is frequent, one of the most representative cases is, without a doubt, that of the turtle, an animal that stands out above all for the slowness with which it moves from one side to another.
Therefore it is recurrent that in ordinary language we say that it behaves very slowly that it looks like a turtle. My dad is a turtle driving, it took us seven hours to get there.
The term slow is applied to natural phenomena "the rain fell slowly" or the people "That man is very slow, it took fifteen minutes to walk two stables", It is applied to things: "the slow movement of the vehicle", to the animals "the turtle is a slow animal", among others.
