tarry

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (dated, intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
2. (dated, intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
3. (dated, intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
4. (dated, intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily.
5. (dated, transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

Noun

A sojourn.

Adj

1. (dated) Resembling tar.
2. (dated) Covered with tar.

Conceptes

demorar-se

trigar

voltar

resinós

dropejar

embreat

enquitranat

pul·lular

demorar

endarrerir-se

retardar

entretenir-se

Sinònims

delay

linger

loiter

hesitate

wait

stay

dawdle

procrastinate

retard

pitchy

pause

await

resinous

dally

stop

🛑

abide

acidulent

acidulous

be slow

footle

hang around

loaf

lollygag

look for

lounge

lurk

mess about

remain

resiny

sourish

tart

tartish

lallygag

mildly sour

mill about

mill around

pleasantly acid

slightly strained

subacrid

resinaceous

hold back affectedly

move slowly

old

🧓

overstay

dilly-dally

defer

play

poke

postpone

continue

Traduccions

zögern

verweilen

demorar

weilen

quedarse atrás

tardar

πισσώδης

χρονοτριβώ

καθυστερώ

demeurer

αργοπορώ

Verzögerung

περιμένω

zaudern

abwarten

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtæɹ.iː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: tarien

Heretat de anglès antic: tirian

Cognat amb neerlandès: tergen

Cognat amb alemany: zergen

Cognat amb noruec bokmål: terge

Cognat amb rus: дёргать

Heretat de anglès mitjà: terrie

In summary

From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pester”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”).