temporeggiare

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (intransitive) to play for time; to temporize
  2. (intransitive) to postpone the coup de grace to wear down the enemy
  3. (archaic, intransitive) to adapt one's behavior to the circumstances
  4. (archaic, transitive) to postpone (a problem); to sweep under the rug

Conceptos

Frecuencia

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Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin temporizāre, from Latin tempus (“time”); adapted to the suffix -eggiare.

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