Delay

"Delay" in Spanish

aplazamiento

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

atrasamiento (disused)

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

atraso

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

demora

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

postergación

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

postposición

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

prorrogación

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

prórroga

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

retardación

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

retardo

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

retraso

(period of time before an event occurs; act of delaying)

aplazar

(to put off until a later time)

atrasar

(to put off until a later time)

demorar

(to put off until a later time)

postergar

(to put off until a later time)

postponer

(to put off until a later time)

prorrogar

(to put off until a later time)

remorar (disused)

(to put off until a later time)

retardar

(to put off until a later time)

retrasar

(to put off until a later time)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.