momento — meaning in English
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English meaning
- heartbeat noun A single pulse of the heart, or the steady rhythm of the heart pumping.
- instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
- moment noun A very short period of time, or a particular point in time.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
- time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
- timing noun The choice of when to do something, especially in relation to its effect.
Senses
momento is used for these senses in English:
- heartbeat A very short space of time; an instant.
- instant A single, usually precise, point in time.
- minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- moment (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
- second A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- second (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- time (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
heartbeat — full definition
- noun A single pulse of the heart, or the steady rhythm of the heart pumping.
- noun A very brief moment in time.
- noun A repeating signal sent by a computer system to show it is still running properly.
instant — full definition
- adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- adj Quick and easy to prepare, especially food or drink made by just adding water.
- noun A single very short moment in time.