Stopgap

//ˈstɒpɡæp//

Translations of "stopgap" (17 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Bulgarian	временна мярка(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	vremenna mjarka
Catalan	tapaforats(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Chinese	準數 /准数(filling a gap or pause)	chún-siàu
Chinese Mandarin	湊數 /凑数(filling a gap or pause), 權宜之計 /权宜之计(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	còushù, quányízhījì
Czech	provizorium(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Dutch	lapmiddel(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), stoplap(that which stops up or fills a gap or hole), lapzalven(to use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained)	—
Finnish	hätävara(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
French	bouche-trou(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), pis-aller(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), rustine(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
German	Lochstopfer(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), Lückenbüßer(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), Lückenfüller(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), Notlösung(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Hungarian	sufnituning(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Ido	remediacho(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Italian	palliativo(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Japanese	姑息(filling a gap or pause), 対症療法(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), 對症療法(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	kosoku, taishō ryōhō
Latvian	tapa(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Polish	prowizorka(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), zapchajdziura(that which stops up or fills a gap or hole), zapchajdziura(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—
Russian	вре́менный(filling a gap or pause)	vrémennyj
Spanish	paliativo(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), parche(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), paños calientes(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained), remiendo(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)	—