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1 Translation result for idles in Spanish

verb

idle verb

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idled, has idled, is idling, idles
dejar sin trabajo; holgazanear, flojear, haraganear; andar al ralentí (dícese de un automóvil), marchar en vacío (dícese de una máquina)

Example sentences of
idle verb

  • •She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.
  • •The cars idled in traffic.
  • •A group of boys idled in the doorway.
  • •The factory closed, idling several hundred workers.
  • •Thousands of workers have been idled by the bad economy.
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  • •The factory has been idled by the strike.
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Synonyms of
idle verb

loaf
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Reverse translation for idles

dejar sin trabajo
holgazanear  - to laze around, to loaf 
flojear  - to weaken, to flag, to idle, to loaf around 
haraganear  - to be lazy, to waste one's time 
andar al ralentí  (dícese de un automóvil)
marchar en vacío  (dícese de una máquina)
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