Pronúncia: dɪ'leɪ
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noun
- [in general] dilació, retard.
- demora.
- Commerce & Law pròrroga.
- without delay tot seguit, sense demora.
- to make no delay in doing something no trigar a fer alguna cosa. transitive verb
- [postpone] ajornar, demorar.
- [person] entretenir.
- [obstruct] impedir, obstaculitzar.
- [make slow, for example train] retardar.
- the train was delayed by the snow el tren va arribar amb retard a causa de la neu.
- what delayed you? per què has trigat tant?
- delayed effect efecte retardat. intransitive verb
- trigar, demorar.
- to delay in doing something trigar a fer alguna cosa.
- don't delay! [in doing something] com més aviat millor!
- (idem) [on the way] no t'entretinguis!