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2 Translation results for delayed in Spanish

adjective | verb

delayed adjective

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retardado, atrasado; retrasado

Synonyms of
delayed adjective

Detailed synonyms for delayed adjective

See: Tardy

delay verb

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delayed, has delayed, is delaying, delays
tardar, demorar; posponer, postergar; retrasar

Example sentences of
delay verb

  • The doctor wants to delay surgery for a few weeks.
  • She's planning to delay her retirement.
  • He delayed too long, and now it's too late.
  • “Don't delay! Sale ends Saturday.”
  • Production problems delayed the introduction of the new model by several months.

Detailed synonyms for delay verb

1. Delay, retard, slow, slacken, detain significan causar un retraso o demora en el movimiento o progreso.
  • Delay indica una retención, normalmente causada por una interferencia, que impide la finalización o la llegada <bad weather delayed our trip>.
    antonyms: expedite, hasten
  • Retard se aplica primordialmente al movimiento y connota una reducción de velocidad, causada a menudo por una interferencia <language difficulties retarded their learning>.
    antonyms: accelerate, advance, further
  • Slow, empleado a menudo con up o down, también indica una reducción de velocidad, a menudo con intención deliberada <the engineer slowed the train>.
    antonyms: speed up
  • Slacken connota un relajamiento o aflojamiento del poder o del esfuerzo <after five miles he slackened his pace>.
    antonyms: quicken
  • Detain indica una retención que sobrepasa un plazo fijado o razonable, causando a menudo una demora <late for dinner because she had been detained by unexpected business>.
2. Delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally, linger significan moverse o actuar tan lentamente como para causar retraso.
  • Delay suele indicar el cambiar (un comienzo o una salida o partida) a una hora posterior <to delay any longer would be risky>.
  • Procrastinate connota una demora reprochable sobre todo cuando es causada por pereza, vacilación, o apatía <procrastinates whenever she has to make a decision>.
    antonyms: hasten, hurry
  • Lag indica el hecho de no mantener una velocidad o un ritmo fijado por otros <lags behind neighboring countries in industrial production>.
  • Loiter indica una demora al desplazarse, sobre todo al caminar <loitered outside waiting for his friends>.
  • Dawdle indica con mayor claridad el ocio, la falta de ambición o propósito, y una mente errante <children dawdling on their way home from school>.
  • Dally connota una demora causada por nimiedades o vacilaciones cuando es preciso ser puntual <stop dallying and get to work>.
    antonyms: hasten
  • Linger implica quedarse en algún lugar más de lo usual o del tiempo esperado, generalmente por interés en lugar de por inercia <she lingered at the art exhibit>.

Reverse translation for delayed

retardado  - mentally disabled 
atrasado  - late, overdue, behind schedule, backward, old-fashioned, slow (of a clock or watch) 
retrasado  - retarded, mentally slow, behind, in arrears, backward (of a country), slow (of a watch) 
tardar  - to delay, to take a long time, to take (time), to be late 
demorar  - to delay, to linger, to delay, to take, to last 
posponer  - to postpone, to put behind, to subordinate 
postergar  - to delay, to postpone, to pass over (an employee) 
retrasar  - to delay, to hold up, to put off, to postpone 
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