delay

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
2. (countable, uncountable) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
3. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
4. (countable, uncountable) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
2. (transitive) To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.
3. (intransitive) To wait, hesitate, tarry.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To allay; to temper.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
2. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

Conceptos

demorar

retraso

aplazar

diferir

demora

retrasar

retardo

detener

dilatar

atraso

tardar

dilación

demorarse

tardanza

espera

atrasar

atajar

suspender

retardar

retroceder

retener

dilatoria

ceder

postergar

posponer

aplazamiento

atrancar

bloquear

contener

desaceleración

desacelerar

descontinuar

detenerse

hacer retrasar

mucho tiempo

paró

privar

prorrogar

retrasarse

rezago

tardío

trancar

🔒

poner obstáculos

procrastinación

atajar el camino

hacer quedar

pegar duro y sostenido

larga época

tiempo dilatado

tiempo largo

Sinónimos

postpone

defer

put off

retard

procrastination

postponement

procrastinate

detain

hinder

hold up

tarry

adjourn

lag

stop

🛑

linger

hesitate

slow down

hold

stall

slow

retardation

wait

respite

prolong

adjournment

obstruct

impede

stay

check

protract

lateness

be slow

suspend

hold-up

pause

loiter

deferment

halt

dawdle

drag

shelve

detainment

neglect

hold back

late

prevent

arrest

drag out

hindrance

interrupt

Traducciones

retarder

retard

ritardare

verzögern

Verzögerung

ritardo

aufschieben

uitstellen

délai

Verspätung

différer

retardar

uitstel

Aufschub

Verzug

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪˈleɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: delaien

Cognado con francés antiguo: deslaier

Cognado con inglés antiguo: latian

Cognado con inglés antiguo: latu

Cognado con inglés antiguo: lǣfan

In summary

From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.
Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.