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indugiare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • loiter verb To stand or wait around somewhere without any clear purpose.

Senses

indugiare is used for these senses in English:

  • bum around (transitive, and, intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
  • hover Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
  • linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

hover — full definition

  1. verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  2. verb To linger near a place or person, especially anxiously or protectively.
  3. verb To be uncertain or wavering between options.
  4. verb To position a cursor over something on a screen without clicking.

linger — full definition

  1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.
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