demorar

Borrowed from Latin dēmorārī.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.muˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.moˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.moˈɾaɾ]

demorar (first-person singular present demoro, first-person singular preterite demorí, past participle demorat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to delay, to hold back

   Synonym: retardar

• demora
• demorança

• “demorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin dēmorārī.

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demorar

1. to remain; to stay
2. to live (in a given place)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Galician-Portuguese demorar, from Latin dēmorārī (“to linger”).

• (North Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mo.ˈɾa(ɦ)/
• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧rar

demorar (first-person singular present demoro, first-person singular preterite demorei, past participle demorado)

1. to take time (to require a comparatively long period of time)
2. to linger (to stay or remain in a place or situation)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:demorar.

From Latin dēmorārī.

• IPA^(key): /demoˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.moˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧rar

demorar (first-person singular present demoro, first-person singular preterite demoré, past participle demorado)

1. to tarry
2. to delay

   Synonyms: atrasar, retrasar

3. to postpone

   Synonym: postergar

4. to linger

   Synonym: tardar

• “demorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014