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verspäten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.

Senses

verspäten is used for these senses in English:

  • be late (colloquial) To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.
  • delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
  • fall behind (idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)

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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