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1 Translation result for
idling
in Spanish
verb
idle
verb
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.
More examples
•
The factory has been
idled
by the strike.
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Synonyms of
idle
verb
loaf
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Reverse translation for
idling
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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