Meanings (ES + gloss)
prolongar • protraer
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. and P. Knapton et al., Volume 1, Preface, I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to pleas…
Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
diferir
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
[…] Let us bury him, And not protract with admiration what Is now due debt. To the grave!
to protract a decision or duty
extender
To extend; to protrude.
A cat can protract and retract its claws.
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