OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 17971

idle

/ˈaɪd(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
flojear • golfear • haraganear • holgar • holgazanear • vaguear
To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]
to idle in an IRC channel
andar al mínimo • andar en vacío • estar ralentizado • marchar al ralentí • marchar en mínimum
Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.