atrasar — meaning in English

English meaning

• delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.

Senses

atrasar 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)
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• put back (transitive, idiomatic) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.

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.

hold — full definition

1. verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
2. verb To keep something in a particular state, position, or place, such as reserving it or making someone wait.
3. verb To remain true, valid, or in effect.
4. noun A grip or grasp on something.
5. noun The cargo storage area below a ship's deck.

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