Dawdle
//ˈdɔːdl̩//
Translations of "dawdle" (46 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | sjell(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Arabic | قز(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | gazz | |
| Bulgarian | безделнича(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), шляя се(to move or walk lackadaisically) | bezdelniča, šljaja se | |
| Catalan | entretenir-se(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), gallinejar(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), ronsejar(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), torbar(to spend (time) without haste or purpose) | — | |
| Cebuano | nagpainday-inday(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Chinese | 挨絲撓倚 /挨丝挠倚(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | oe-si-lǎ-óa | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 咪咪摸摸(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 咪摸(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 夋(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 夌(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 磨(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), 磨叽(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 磨嘰 /磨叽(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 磨磨蹭蹭(to move or walk lackadaisically), 磨蹭(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 蘑菇(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 蹭(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 麦(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | qūn, líng, mó, mòji, mòji, mómócèngcèng, mócèng, mógu, mógū, móguo, cèng | |
| Czech | flákat se(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), lelkovat(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), poflakovat se(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Danish | daske(to move or walk lackadaisically), dovne(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), dovne(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), drive(to move or walk lackadaisically), snøle(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), snøle(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Dutch | dralen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), klungelen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), leuteren(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), talmen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| East Central German | attln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), attln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), dalln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), damprn(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), dauteln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Esperanto | lanti(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), lanti(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Finnish | himmailla(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kuhnailla(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kuhnia(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kuhnustella(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kupata(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kupeksia(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), kuppailla(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), lampsia(to move or walk lackadaisically), nuhjata(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), velttoilla(to move or walk lackadaisically), vetelehtiä(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), vetelehtiä(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), viipyä(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), viivytellä(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| French | flâner(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), lambiner(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), musarder(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), pateter(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), traînailler(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), traîner(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Galician | enredar(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), enredar(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| German | Zeit totschlagen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), bummeln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), bummeln(to move or walk lackadaisically), herumbummeln(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), herumlungern(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), herumtrödeln(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), klüngeln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), nölen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), plempern(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), säumen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), trödeln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), trödeln(to move or walk lackadaisically) | — | |
| Haitian Creole | flannen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), mize(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 咪咪摸摸(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 咪摸(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | mi¹ mi¹ mo¹ mo¹, mi¹ mo¹ | |
| Hebrew | הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | hitmahméah | |
| Hungarian | cselleng(to move or walk lackadaisically), csámborog(to move or walk lackadaisically), elpiszmog(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), elszöszmötöl(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), flangál(to move or walk lackadaisically), kódorog(to move or walk lackadaisically), kószál(to move or walk lackadaisically), lebzsel(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), lézeng(to move or walk lackadaisically), lófrál(to move or walk lackadaisically), lődörög(to move or walk lackadaisically), pepecsel(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), piszmog(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), szöszmötöl(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), teng-leng(to move or walk lackadaisically), tesz-vesz(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), ténfereg(to move or walk lackadaisically), vacakol(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), őgyeleg(to move or walk lackadaisically) | — | |
| Icelandic | drolla(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Interlingua | tardar(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Italian | bighellonare(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), gingillarsi(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), lellare(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), traccheggiàre(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Jamaican Creole | lime(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Japanese | だらだらする(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), ちんたらする(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 油を売る(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), 道草する(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | daradara suru, chintara suru, abura o uru, michikusa suru | |
| Latin | cūnctor(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Low German | draueln(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | driibsen(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Macedonian | одолговле́кува(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), се вле́чка(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), се вле́чка(to move or walk lackadaisically), се за́влечка(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), ѕе́нѕа(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | odolgovlékuva, se vléčka, se vléčka, se závlečka, dzéndza | |
| Malagasy | mihebinkenina(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Māori | hāmure(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), taparuru(to move or walk lackadaisically), tonanawe(to move or walk lackadaisically), whakatairuhi(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Northern Sami | heaibat(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Polish | bałamucić(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), gmerać(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), grzebać(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), guzdrać(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), marudzić(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), ociągać(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), zbałamucić(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), zmudzić(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), żmudzić(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Romanian | mocăi(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), omorî timpul(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), trena(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), tărăgăna(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Russian | безде́льничать(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), каните́литься(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), копа́ться(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), ме́длить(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), ме́шкать(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), плести́сь(to move or walk lackadaisically), тащи́ться(to move or walk lackadaisically), топта́ться(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), шля́ться(to move or walk lackadaisically) | bezdélʹničatʹ, kanitélitʹsja, kopátʹsja, médlitʹ, méškatʹ, plestísʹ, taščítʹsja, toptátʹsja, šljátʹsja | |
| Scots | daver(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), haiver(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), trottle(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Skolt Sami | äjjned(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Spanish | pelotearse(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Swedish | slå dank(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Tamil | நடமாடு(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | naṭamāṭu | |
| Thai | ลีลา(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), อู้(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | lii-laa, ûu | |
| Turkish | aylakça dolaşmak(to move or walk lackadaisically), boşa geçirmek(to spend (time) without haste or purpose), oyalanmak(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ба́братися(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | bábratysja | |
| Vietnamese | chờn vờn(to spend time idly and unfruitfully), la cà(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — | |
| Welsh | hoetian(to spend time idly and unfruitfully) | — |
sjell
entretenir-se, gallinejar, ronsejar, torbar
nagpainday-inday
咪咪摸摸, 咪摸
夋, 夌, 磨, 磨叽, 磨嘰 /磨叽, 磨磨蹭蹭, 磨蹭, 蘑菇, 蹭, 麦
qūn, líng, mó, mòji, mòji, mómócèngcèng, mócèng, mógu, mógū, móguo, cèng
flákat se, lelkovat, poflakovat se
daske, dovne, dovne, drive, snøle, snøle
dralen, klungelen, leuteren, talmen
attln, attln, dalln, damprn, dauteln
lanti, lanti
himmailla, kuhnailla, kuhnia, kuhnustella, kupata, kupeksia, kuppailla, lampsia, nuhjata, velttoilla, vetelehtiä, vetelehtiä, viipyä, viivytellä
flâner, lambiner, musarder, pateter, traînailler, traîner
enredar, enredar
Zeit totschlagen, bummeln, bummeln, herumbummeln, herumlungern, herumtrödeln, klüngeln, nölen, plempern, säumen, trödeln, trödeln
flannen, mize
cselleng, csámborog, elpiszmog, elszöszmötöl, flangál, kódorog, kószál, lebzsel, lézeng, lófrál, lődörög, pepecsel, piszmog, szöszmötöl, teng-leng, tesz-vesz, ténfereg, vacakol, őgyeleg
drolla
tardar
bighellonare, gingillarsi, lellare, traccheggiàre
lime
cūnctor
draueln
driibsen
одолговле́кува, се вле́чка, се вле́чка, се за́влечка, ѕе́нѕа
odolgovlékuva, se vléčka, se vléčka, se závlečka, dzéndza
mihebinkenina
hāmure, taparuru, tonanawe, whakatairuhi
heaibat
bałamucić, gmerać, grzebać, guzdrać, marudzić, ociągać, zbałamucić, zmudzić, żmudzić
mocăi, omorî timpul, trena, tărăgăna
безде́льничать, каните́литься, копа́ться, ме́длить, ме́шкать, плести́сь, тащи́ться, топта́ться, шля́ться
bezdélʹničatʹ, kanitélitʹsja, kopátʹsja, médlitʹ, méškatʹ, plestísʹ, taščítʹsja, toptátʹsja, šljátʹsja
daver, haiver, trottle
äjjned
pelotearse
slå dank
aylakça dolaşmak, boşa geçirmek, oyalanmak
chờn vờn, la cà
hoetian
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