Spanish Conversation · Level 60
76 words
Spanish word
atrasar
Pronunciation
IPA/atɾaˈsaɾ/
Meaning
- verbdelay
Example
No atrases la reunión.
Don't delay the meeting.
More examples
Tuvimos que atrasar el proyecto por falta de personal.
We had to delay the project for lack of staff.
Core concept
Meeting start time on a schedule crossed out and rewritten for a later hour.
Common phrases
atrasar el proyecto
delay the project
atrasar la salida
delay the departure
Similar words
posponer: Moves an appointment or plan to a later date or time.
aplazar: Postpones a planned exam, meeting, or similar event from its set date to a later one.
retrasar: Causes an arrival or the progress of something to occur later than scheduled.
demorar: Slows the progress of an action or event, making it take longer to finish.
Definition in Spanish
Hacer que algo o alguien llegue, empiece o funcione más tarde de lo previsto.
Word origin
Built from atrás 'back' plus the suffix -ar, originally 'to push back,' which developed into the modern sense of delaying an event or action.
Usage tips
- When used with clocks, atrasar el reloj means to set it back or make it run slow, so the same verb can refer either to rescheduling an event or to a clock losing time.