viivyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.

Senses

viivyttää is used for these senses in English:

• delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
• hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
• stall (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

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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