Polyglot Dictionary

atraso

/aˈtɾazu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os atrasos

Meaning

  1. delay

    • Houve um atraso.

      There was a delay.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

demora

atraso is more about being late; demora is more about something taking a long time, a wait — both mean "delay."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

tardanza

tardanza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "delay."

Practice

1 What does atraso mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches atraso?

noun

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