Online Language Dictionaries

wait in

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
lie in ambush, wait in ambush v expr	(be hidden, wait to attack)	emboscarse⇒ v prnl
		esconderse y esperar para atacar loc verb
	The outlaws lay in ambush, waiting for the stagecoach to pass.
	Los forajidos se emboscaron para esperar el paso de la diligencia.
queue (UK), wait in line (US), wait on line (US, regional) vi	UK (wait in a line of people, vehicles)	hacer fila, hacer cola loc verb
		ponerse en la fila, ponerse en la cola loc verb
	People were queuing outside the shop at 5 am on the day of the sale.
	La gente hacía fila en la puerta del negocio desde las 5 de la mañana el día de las rebajas.
wait in the wings v expr	figurative (await opportunity) (figurado)	esperar entre bastidores loc verb
		esperar la oportunidad loc verb
	My best friend's waiting in the wings for me to finish with my girlfriend so he can ask her out.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Forum discussions with the word(s) "wait in" in the title:

• Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

See Google Translate's machine translation of 'wait in'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic