demorar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.

Senses

demorar is used for these senses in English:

• abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
• abide (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]
• abide (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]
• abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
• abide (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]
• delay To put off until a later time; to defer.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

delay — full definition

1. noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
2. verb To put something off until later, or to make it happen later than planned.

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