OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11843

delay

/dɪˈleɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aplazamiento • atrasamiento (disused) • atraso • demora • postergación • postposición • prorrogación • prórroga • retardación • retardo • retraso
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
Two twenty minutes' delays.
the delay before the echo of a sound
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 11844

delay

/dɪˈleɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aplazar • atrasar • demorar • postergar • postponer • prorrogar • remorar (disused) • retardar • retrasar
To put off until a later time; to defer.
My lord delayeth his coming.