Ngadalëta

Ngadalëta is an Albanian noun meaning slowdown or deceleration, referring to the act, process, or state of becoming slower. It is formed from ngadalë (slow) with the suffix -ta and is used mostly in formal or technical writing.

The term applies to deceleration in various domains, including traffic, machinery, production, and the pace of a project or economy. It conveys either a deliberate reduction in speed or an unintended slowdown, and it often appears in analyses of performance, efficiency, or trend changes.

Common collocations include ngadalësim i procesit and ngadalësi në trafikun, which translate to the slowing down of a process and slowness in traffic, respectively. In discourse, ngadalëta can describe a measurable decrease in speed or throughput.

Related terms are ngadalësim (the act of slowing down) and ngadalësi (slowness). The word is encountered in academic, policy, and technical contexts where speed, tempo, or productivity are discussed. Notes: While ngadalëta captures the general idea of slowdown, Albanian also uses ngadalësim and ngadalësi to emphasize different aspects of speed changes. The formation reflects a common pattern in Albanian for turning adjectives into abstract nouns.