Meaning of viivyttää | Babel Free
/ˈʋiːʋytːæːˣ/Määritelmät
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to delay, to postpone, to procrastinate, to put off, to retard (to put off until a later time) transitive
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to impede, to hinder, to stall (to cause a delay to someone else by making their task difficult) transitive
Vastineet
Esimerkit
“...viivyttää väistämätöntä.”
...delay/procrastinate the inevitable.
“viivyttää vanhuuden vaikutuksia”
to retard the attacks of old age
“Tekninen vika viivytti koneen lähtöä.”
A technical problem delayed the departure of the airplane.
“Myrsky viivytti peliä viikolla.”
The storm put off the game by a week.
“Älä viivytä läksyjesi tekemistä viime hetkeen.”
Don't put off your homework until the last minute.
“Hän viivytti velkojia niin kauan kuin pystyi.”
He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
CEFR-taso
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.