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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -azu
- Hyphenation: a‧tra‧so
Etymology 1
Deverbal from atrasar.
Noun
atraso m (plural atrasos)
- belatedness (state of being late)
- delay, lag
- backwardness, primitiveness (lack of progress or development)
Etymology 2
Verb
atraso
- first-person singular present indicative of atrasar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈtɾaso/
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: a‧tra‧so
Etymology 1
Deverbal from atrasar.
Noun
atraso m (plural atrasos)
- delay, lateness
- Synonyms: retraso, demora, tardanza
- (chiefly in the plural) arrears, arrear
- Synonym: mora
Etymology 2
Verb
atraso
- first-person singular present indicative of atrasar
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish atraso.
Pronunciation
Noun
atraso (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜓ)
- lateness; delay; tardiness
- Synonym: pagkahuli
- arrears; unpaid debt
- (colloquial) unsettled offense (towards another person which is expected to be settled)
Derived terms