Dilatar

to delay; to postpone; to hold upverb

Alternative meanings

To make something happen later; to cause a delay; to prolong a process; to postpone or hold back an action, meeting, departure, delivery, or decision.

Pronunciation

dee-lah-TAR

Root and affixes

Loan/adapted word from dilatar. Related to dugay, to take long, and langay, delay.

Variants or conjugations

to delay; to make slow; to postpone; to prolong; to put off

Related words and expressions

take long; long time; delay; wait; move back; time; schedule

Meaning and usage notes

Dilatar works for actively delaying something. For “to take long” without intention, madugay or dugay often sound more natural. For postponing a date, i-postpone may also appear in modern contexts.