atrasarse

atrasarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (tren etc) to be late

2 (quedarse atrás) to fall behind

■ el corredor se atrasó en el último kilómetro de la carrera the runner fell behind in the last kilometre of the race

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VPR

1) (=quedarse atrás) to stay back, remain behind; [tren etc] to be late; [reloj] to be slow

atrasarse en los pagos — to be in arrears

2) LAm [proyecto etc] to suffer a setback; Cono Sur (=lastimarse) to hurt o.s. (de in)

[mujer] to be pregnant

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(v.) = run + late, be late (for)

Ex. Unfortunately, no one has ever done a study on just how much we Indonesians lose by consistently running late and performing inefficiently.

Ex. Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.

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(v.) = run + late, be late (for)

Ex: Unfortunately, no one has ever done a study on just how much we Indonesians lose by consistently running late and performing inefficiently.

Ex: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.

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■atrasarse verbo reflexivo
1 (quedarse atrás) to remain o stay behind, lag behind
2 (llegar tarde) to be late
'atrasarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atrasar
English:
arrears
- fall
- get
- go
- lose

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vpr

1. [en el tiempo] to be late;

[frío, verano] to come o arrive late;

este año se ha atrasado el verano summer has been late in coming this year

2. [quedarse atrás] to fall behind;

se están atrasando en los pagos they are falling behind with their payments

3. [reloj] to lose time;

mi reloj se atrasa cinco minutos al día my watch loses five minutes a day

4. [llegar tarde] to be delayed;

su vuelo se atrasó her flight was delayed;

se atrasaron media hora they were delayed by half an hour;

nos atrasamos hablando con mi tía we got held up talking to my aunt

5. Andes [no crecer] to be stunted

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atrasarse

v/r fall behind

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vr

: to fall behind

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atrasarse vb

1. (llegar tarde) to be late

se atrasó y perdió el avión she was late and missed the plane

2. (quedarse atrás) to fall behind [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

se atrasó en los estudios he fell behind in his studies