afvente — meaning in English Danish → English · translate English → Danish instead English meaning await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation. tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving. Senses afvente is used for these senses in English: tarry (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens. tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger. Related Danish words drøje holde tilbage opholde sig