retardar — meaning in English

English meaning

• delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
• lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.

Senses

retardar is used for these senses in English:

• delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
• lag (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.

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.

lag — full definition

1. verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
2. noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.

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