atraso

m.

1 slowness.

2 backwardness.

3 delay.

4 underdevelopment, backwardness.

5 backlog, backlog of work.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: atrasar.

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atraso

► nombre masculino

1 delay

2 (de reloj) slowness

■ el tren lleva mucho atraso the train is very late

3 (de un país) backwardness

► nombre masculino plural atrasos

1 COMERCIO arrears

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noun m.

1) backwardness

2) delay

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- atrasos

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SM

1) (=retraso) delay, time lag; [de reloj] slowness; [de país etc] backwardness

el tren lleva atraso — the train is late

salir del atraso — to catch up, make up lost time

llegar con 20 minutos de atraso — to arrive 20 minutes late

¡esto es un atraso! — this is just holding things up!

2) pl atrasos (Com, Econ) arrears; [de pedidos etc] backlog sing , quantity pending sing

cobrar atrasos — to collect arrears

3) And (=revés) setback

4)

tener un atraso — LAm (Med) to have a period

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masculino

1)

a) (en desarrollo) backward state; (en ideas) backwardness

b) (esp AmL) (retraso) delay

salió con unos minutos de atraso — it left a few minutes late

tenemos un atraso terrible con el trabajo — we have an awful backlog of work

atraso en el pago de las facturas — delay in payment of invoices

2) atrasos masculino plural (deudas) arrears (pl)

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= backlog, backwardness, arrearage, delay.

Ex. When the move took place in 1897, it was found that there was a backlog of some thirty years of uncatalogued and unbound material.

Ex. Libraries in developing countries suffer from technological backwardness.

Ex. To determine if arrearages of uncatalogued monographs still exist and to learn about methods of controlling and/or reducing any such arrears, a questionnaire was sent to 117 libraries.

Ex. If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.

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* acumular atrasos = build up + backlogs.

* atrasos = arrears.

* ponerse al día de un atraso = clear + backlog.

* sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.

* tener atrasos = be in arrears.

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masculino

1)

a) (en desarrollo) backward state; (en ideas) backwardness

b) (esp AmL) (retraso) delay

salió con unos minutos de atraso — it left a few minutes late

tenemos un atraso terrible con el trabajo — we have an awful backlog of work

atraso en el pago de las facturas — delay in payment of invoices

2) atrasos masculino plural (deudas) arrears (pl)

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= backlog, backwardness, arrearage, delay.

Ex: When the move took place in 1897, it was found that there was a backlog of some thirty years of uncatalogued and unbound material.

Ex: Libraries in developing countries suffer from technological backwardness.

Ex: To determine if arrearages of uncatalogued monographs still exist and to learn about methods of controlling and/or reducing any such arrears, a questionnaire was sent to 117 libraries.

Ex: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.

* acumular atrasos = build up + backlogs.

* atrasos = arrears.

* ponerse al día de un atraso = clear + backlog.

* sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.

* tener atrasos = be in arrears.

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atraso

masculine

A

1 (en el desarrollo) backward state; (en las ideas) backwardness

2 (esp AmL) (retraso) delay

perdona el atraso sorry for the delay

atraso en el pago de las facturas delay o lateness in payment of invoices

salió con unos minutos de atraso it left a few minutes late

tenemos un atraso terrible con el trabajo we have an awful backlog of work

sus atrasos constantes his continual lateness

B atrasos mpl (deudas) arrears (pl)

cobrar/pagar los atrasos to collect/pay off the arrears

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Del verbo atrasar: (conjugate atrasar)

atraso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

atrasó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
atrasar    
atraso
atrasar (conjugate atrasar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹reloj› to put back

b) ‹reunión/viaje› to postpone, put back

verbo intransitivo [reloj] to lose time
atrasarse verbo pronominal
1

a) [reloj] to lose time;

◊ se me ha atrasado 15 minutos it's 15 minutes slow

b) (esp AmL) (llegar tarde) [avión/tren] to be late, be delayed;

[persona] to be late
2

a) (en estudios, trabajo, pagos) to fall behind, get behind

b) [país/industria] to fall behind

atraso sustantivo masculino

a) (de país, ideas) backwardness

b) (esp AmL) (retraso) delay;

◊ perdona el atraso I'm sorry about the delay;

salió con unos minutos de atraso it left a few minutes late;
viene con una hora de atraso it's (running) an hour late
atrasar
I verbo transitivo to put back
II vi (un reloj) to be slow
atraso sustantivo masculino
1 delay
2 (de un país) backwardness
3 Fin atrasos, arrears
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atraso nm

1. [demora] delay;

llegar con (quince minutos de) atraso to be (fifteen minutes) late;

los trenes circulan hoy con (una hora de) atraso the trains are running (an hour) late today;

el proyecto lleva mucho atraso the project is a long way behind schedule

2. [del reloj] slowness

3. [de evolución, desarrollo] backwardness;

no tener móvil me parece un atraso not having a mobile is so backward!

4.

atrasos [de pagos] arrears;

todavía no me han pagado los atrasos del año pasado they still haven't paid me their arrears o the money they owe me from last year

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atraso

m

1 backwardness

2 COM

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atrasos pl arrears

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atraso nm

1) retraso: lateness, delay

llegó con 20 minutos de atraso: he was 20 minutes late

2) : backwardness

3) atrasos nmpl

: arrears