WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| atrasar⇒ vtr | (demorar, retrasar) | delay⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | hold up vtr phrasal sep |
| | Jimena nos atrasó un poco pero ya estamos aquí. |
| | Jimena delayed us a bit, but we're here now. |
| atrasar vi | (reloj: dar mal la hora) | be slow vi + adj |
| | | be behind vi + adv |
| | Jorge llegaba tarde a todas partes porque su reloj atrasaba. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The other day, I was fifteen minutes late to the office. I hadn't noticed that my watch was slow. |
| Additional Translations |
| atrasarse⇒ v prnl | (quedarse atrás) (act) | fall behind, get behind vi + prep |
| | (state) | be behind vi + prep |
| | (by others) | be left behind v expr |
| | Se atrasó en la carrera y quedó el último. |
| | He fell behind (or: got behind) in the race, and finished last. |
| atrasarse v prnl | (demorarse, retrasarse) | get behind vi + prep |
| | (formal) | fall behind vi + prep |
| | Te cortaron el agua porque te atrasaste en el pago. |
| | They cut off your water because you got behind in the payments. |
| atrasarse v prnl | (reloj: dar mal la hora) (process of slowing) | slow down vi phrasal |
| | (state of slowness) | run slow, be slow vi + adj |
| | El reloj se atrasaba porque necesitaba una pila nueva. |
| | The clock was slowing down because it needed a new battery. |
| atrasarse v prnl | (retrasar reloj) | set back vtr phrasal sep |
| | Se atrasaron los relojes un segundo por "la pereza de la Tierra". |
| | The clocks were set back one minute to account for the slowing of the Earth's rotation. |
| atrasar⇒ vtr | (marcar una hora menos) (US) | set [sth] back v expr |
| | (UK) | put [sth] back v expr |
| | El próximo fin de semana debemos atrasar el reloj una hora. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. We will set our clocks back at the end of daylight saving time. |
'atrasar' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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