WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| delay [sb]⇒ vtr | (cause to be late) | retrasar a vtr + prep |
| | | demorar a vtr + prep |
| | Sorry, I was delayed by the traffic. |
| | Perdón, me retrasó el tráfico. |
| delay n | (action of deferral) | retraso nm |
| | | demora nf |
| | His delay cost the company thousands of dollars. |
| | Su retraso costó miles de dólares a la compañía. |
| Additional Translations |
| delay n | (time delayed) | retraso nm |
| | The TV programs are on a 15-minute delay. |
| | Los programas de televisión se transmiten con 15 minutos de retraso. |
| delay⇒ vi | (procrastinate) | dilatar⇒ vtr |
| | (España) | dar largas loc verb |
| | (con excusas, requisitos) | entretener⇒ vtr |
| | He kept delaying and would never give us the documents. |
| | Siguió dilatando el asunto y nunca nos daba los documentos. |
| delay vi | (dawdle, linger) | entretenerse⇒ v prnl |
| | Stop delaying! We need to get home. |
| | ¡Deja de entretenerte! Necesitamos ir a casa. |
| delay [sth]⇒ vtr | (postpone) | aplazar⇒ vtr |
| | | postergar⇒ vtr |
| | They decided to delay the wedding for a year. |
| | Decidieron aplazar la boda por un año. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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