Aeglustavad

Aeglustavad is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Estonian verb aeglustama, meaning to slow down or to decelerate. It is used when the subject of the sentence is plural and performing the action of slowing something down. The root noun implying the action is aeglustamine (slowing down, deceleration) and aeglustus (deceleration, slowing).

It is used in a variety of contexts—from everyday driving to scientific and policy discussions. For example, Estonian: Pidurid aeglustavad autot; English: The brakes slow down the car. Another example: Need meetmed aeglustavad projekti arengut; English: These measures slow the progression of the project.

In Estonian, the present tense lacks a continuous aspect; translations into English often use the simple present "slow down."