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delay /dɪˡleɪ/ noun ritardo m without ~ senza indugio transitive verb ritardare be ~ed ‹person› essere trattenuto;
‹train, aircraft› essere in ritardo intransitive verb indugiare

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'delay' found in these entries:

English:

detain - hold - lateness - maddening

Italian:

dilazionare - dilazione - indugio - ritardare - ritardo - tardare

delay: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
delay	vtr	(cause to be late)	ritardare vtr ⇒
Sorry, I was delayed by the traffic.
Scusi, sono stato ritardato dal traffico.
delay	n	(time before done)	ritardo nm
His delay cost the company thousands of dollars.
Il suo ritardo costa all'azienda migliaia di dollari.
Additional Translations
delay	n	(time delayed)	ritardo nm
The TV programs are on a 15-minute delay.
I programmi TV sono in ritardo di 15 minuti.
delay	vi	(procrastinate)	rimandare, ritardare vtr ⇒ ⇒
He kept delaying and would never give us the documents.
Continuava a rimandare e non ci dava mai i documenti.
delay	vi	(dawdle, linger)	indugiare, esitare vi ⇒ ⇒
Stop delaying! We need to get home.
Basta indugiare! Dobbiamo andare a casa.
delay	vtr	(postpone)	rimandare, posticipare, ritardare, differire, procrastinare vtr ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
They decided to delay the wedding for a year.
Hanno deciso di rimandare il matrimonio di un anno.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
delay line			circuito ritardante
delay-action			azione ritardata nf
time delay			ritardo nm
without delay			senza ritardo
without further delay			senza ulteriore ritardo
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After some half-hour's delay
clearance delay
Design delay equals production
I don't know why there is a delay
lashing of delay
message of delay
Sorry for delay

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