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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
on the back burner adv	figurative (low priority)	a segundo plano loc adv
	That project's on the back burner for now, while I attend to more urgent matters.
	Ese proyecto está en segundo plano, mientras atiendo otros temas urgentes.

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
keep [sth] on the back burner v expr	figurative (maintain as low priority)	mantener algo en segundo plano loc verb
put [sth] on the back burner v expr	figurative (make a low priority)	dejar en suspenso loc verb
	When he heard the news, everything else was put on the back burner.

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'on the back burner' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

Spanish:

suspenso - aparcar una idea - archivar - poner en remojo - posponer

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