Lassít

Lassít is a Hungarian verb meaning to slow down or decelerate. It can describe reducing the speed of motion, the pace of a process, or throttling resources to lessen performance. In everyday language it is used both literally (driving, machinery) and figuratively (economic or political slowdowns).

Etymology and form: the word is derived from the adjective lassú (slow) with the suffix -ít, forming a transitive verb. Lassít typically takes a direct object in the accusative and is used with various subject-verb combinations to indicate causing something to slow down.

Usage and contexts: in traffic, the imperative form Lassíts! is used to tell someone to slow down; in a sentence one might say, a sofőr lassít a kanyarban (the driver slows down in the bend). in mechanical or technical contexts, lassítja a motort can describe actions that slow the engine, and in digital or network contexts, a service provider may lassítja a sávszélességet (throttle the bandwidth). Figuratively, it can describe the slowing of processes, development, or economic activity, as in a gazdaság lassítása (slowing of the economy).

Lassítás is the corresponding noun for the act or process of slowing down; related terms include lassító, referring to a device or mechanism that slows something, and a general sense of deceleration in physics or engineering.

See also: fék, deceleration, lassítás.