lenta

Lenta is a term with multiple meanings and uses across languages and contexts. In Russian, lenta means a ribbon or tape and appears in everyday phrases such as лента новостей, meaning a news feed. The same transliteration is used for proper nouns, including the online news portal Lenta.ru.

Lenta.ru is a Russian-language online news portal that began in 1999. It publishes news and commentary on politics, economy, society, and culture, and has been one of Russia’s more prominent online news outlets.

Lenta is also the name of a major Russian hypermarket chain established in the 1990s. The retailer operates large-format stores in cities across Russia and has been one of the country’s leading operators by store size and geographic reach.

In Spanish, lenta is the feminine form of lento, meaning slow. In music, lento is the standard Italian tempo marking for slow; lenta is not commonly used as a formal tempo instruction in most scores. Beyond these uses, lenta can appear as a transliteration of various local names or terms in different languages.