prolongar — meaning in English

English meaning

• prolong verb To make something last longer than it otherwise would.
• protract verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.

Senses

prolongar is used for these senses in English:

• protract To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

prolong — full definition

1. verb To make something last longer than it otherwise would.
2. verb To put something off until a later time; to delay.

protract — full definition

1. verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.
2. verb To make use of a protractor.
3. verb To draw something to scale, marking out its lines and angles using a scale and protractor; to plot it.
4. verb To postpone something until a later time.

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