Delay

//dɪˈleɪ//

Synonyms for "delay" (358 found)

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Translations

237 translations across 66 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • mbodhis verb (to put off until a later time)
  • vonoj verb (to put off until a later time)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • τριβή noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ἀναβάλλω verb (to put off until a later time)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَأَخَّر noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • تَأْخِير noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • مهلة noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • أَبْطَأَ verb (to put off until a later time)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ուշացում noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • հետաձգել verb (to put off until a later time)
  • ձգձգել verb (to put off until a later time)
  • ուշացնել verb (to put off until a later time)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • amãn verb (to put off until a later time)
  • ntãrdedz verb (to put off until a later time)

Assamese

2 entries
  • দেৰি noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • পলম noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • gecikmə noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ləngimə noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • təxir noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • yubanma noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • затры́мка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • прамару́джанне noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • прыпы́нак noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • спазне́нне noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заба́вяне noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • закъсне́ние noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • отла́гане noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • заба́вя verb (to put off until a later time)

Catalan

4 entries
  • demora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • endarreriment noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • retard noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • demorar verb (to put off until a later time)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • دواخستن noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • پاشخستن noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • دوای ئەخات verb (to put off until a later time)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 延遲 /延迟 noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • 遲延 /迟延 noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • 延遲 /延迟 verb (to put off until a later time)
  • 耽誤 /耽误 verb (to put off until a later time)

Czech

1 entries
  • zpoždění noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Danish

3 entries
  • forsinke verb (to put off until a later time)
  • opsætte verb (to put off until a later time)
  • udsætte verb (to put off until a later time)

Dutch

4 entries
  • oponthoud noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • vertraging noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • uitstellen verb (to put off until a later time)
  • verdagen verb (to put off until a later time)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • prokrasto noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • prokrasti verb (to put off until a later time)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aikailu noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • jahkailu noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • kuhnailu noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • lykkäys noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

French

3 entries
  • délai noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • retard noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • retarder verb (to put off until a later time)

Galician

3 entries
  • demora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • mora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • retraso noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

German

4 entries
  • Verspätung noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • Verzögerung noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • aufschieben verb (to put off until a later time)
  • sich verspäten verb (to put off until a later time)

Greek

1 entries
  • αναβάλλω verb (to put off until a later time)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אִחוּר noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • איחור noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • איכוב noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • עכוּב noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Hindi

2 entries
  • देर noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • विलंब noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • késedelem noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • késés noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • elhalaszt verb (to put off until a later time)
  • elnapol verb (to put off until a later time)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • töf noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • seinka verb (to put off until a later time)

Ido

1 entries
  • tardigar verb (to put off until a later time)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • keterlambatan noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Irish

1 entries
  • faillí noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Italian

3 entries
  • ritardo noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • differire verb (to put off until a later time)
  • rimandare verb (to put off until a later time)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 遅れ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • 遅延 noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • 遅らせる verb (to put off until a later time)
  • 遅延させる verb (to put off until a later time)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кідіріс noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Korean

2 entries
  • 지연 noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • 지체 noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Latin

4 entries
  • mora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • cunctor verb (to put off until a later time)
  • demoror verb (to put off until a later time)
  • moror verb (to put off until a later time)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atidėti verb (to put off until a later time)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • одложување noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Malay

1 entries
  • tangguhkan verb (to put off until a later time)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dewmien noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Māori

4 entries
  • akutōtanga noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • roa noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • takaware verb (to put off until a later time)
  • whakaakutō verb (to put off until a later time)

Norman

1 entries
  • r'tèrgi verb (to put off until a later time)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forsinkelse noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • utsette verb (to put off until a later time)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • utsetja verb (to put off until a later time)

Old English

4 entries
  • elcian verb (to put off until a later time)
  • gælan verb (to put off until a later time)
  • ieldan verb (to put off until a later time)
  • lettan verb (to put off until a later time)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صالمق verb (to put off until a later time)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ځنډ verb (to put off until a later time)

Persian

2 entries
  • دِرَنگ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • دیرکَرد noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Polish

3 entries
  • opóźnienie noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • opóźniać verb (to put off until a later time)
  • opóźnić verb (to put off until a later time)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • atraso noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • delay noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • demora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • espera noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Quechua

1 entries
  • apatatay verb (to put off until a later time)

Romanian

3 entries
  • întârziere noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • amâna verb (to put off until a later time)
  • întârzia verb (to put off until a later time)

Russian

4 entries
  • заде́ржка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • опозда́ние noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • промедле́ние noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • заде́рживать verb (to put off until a later time)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dàil noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kolebati se verb (to put off until a later time)
  • odgáđati verb (to put off until a later time)
  • odgòditi verb (to put off until a later time)
  • колебати се verb (to put off until a later time)

Slovak

3 entries
  • meškanie noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • sklz noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • zdržanie noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Slovene

2 entries
  • odlašanje noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • zamuda noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Somali

1 entries
  • daahi noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aplazamiento noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • atrasamiento (disused) noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • atraso noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • demora noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fördröjning noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • försening noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • uppskov noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • fördröja verb (to put off until a later time)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆలస్యము noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Thai

4 entries
  • ดีเลย์ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ชักช้า verb (to put off until a later time)
  • รอรี verb (to put off until a later time)
  • รีรอ verb (to put off until a later time)

Tigrinya

3 entries
  • ደንጎየ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ደንጐየ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ድንጓየ noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Turkish

3 entries
  • gecikme noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • rötar noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • ertelemek verb (to put off until a later time)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • га́янка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • за́тримка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • заде́ржка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • затри́мка noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دیر noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hoãn verb (to put off until a later time)
  • trì hoãn verb (to put off until a later time)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אָפּלייג noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • אָפּלייגן verb (to put off until a later time)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • peymende noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • rotar noun (period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)
  • terkneyen verb (to put off until a later time)
  • terkneyen verb (to put off until a later time)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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I apologize for the delay in sending the agenda.

Source: tatoeba (20016)

We should deal with this matter without delay.

Source: tatoeba (22811)

In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.

Source: tatoeba (23689)

If the delay is simply an oversight, will you please take care of it at once?

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