Colloquial Variant guide

be late

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

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History

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَأَخَّرَ (taʔaḵḵara) — arrive late
  • Arabic: تأخر (taʔaḵḵar) — arrive late
  • Azerbaijani: gecikmək — arrive late
  • Bashkir: һуңлау (huñlaw) — arrive late
  • Bashkir: һуңдау (huñlaw) — arrive late
  • Belarusian: спазня́цца (spaznjácca) — arrive late
  • Belarusian: спазні́цца (spaznícca) — arrive late
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遲到 /迟到 (chídào) — arrive late
  • Chinese Mandarin: 來晚 /来晚 (lái wǎn) — arrive late
  • Czech: zpožďovat se — arrive late
  • Czech: zpozdit se — arrive late
  • Esperanto: malfrui — arrive late
  • Estonian: hilinema — arrive late
  • Finnish: olla myöhässä — arrive late
  • French: être en retard — arrive late
  • German: sich verspäten — arrive late
  • Hungarian: késik — arrive late
  • Hungarian: elkésik — arrive late
  • Japanese: 遅れる (okureru) — arrive late
  • Korean: 늦다 (neutda) — arrive late
  • Polish: spóźniać się — arrive late
  • Polish: spóźnić się — arrive late
  • Portuguese: atrasar — arrive late
  • Romanian: a întârzia — arrive late
  • Russian: опа́здывать (opázdyvatʹ) — arrive late
  • Russian: опозда́ть (opozdátʹ) — arrive late
  • Spanish: llegar tarde — arrive late
  • Swedish: vara sen — arrive late
  • Turkish: gecikmek — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: спі́знюватися (spíznjuvatysja) — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: спізня́тися (spiznjátysja) — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: спізни́тися (spiznýtysja) — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: запі́знюватися (zapíznjuvatysja) — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: запізня́тися (zapiznjátysja) — arrive late
  • Ukrainian: запізни́тися (zapiznýtysja) — arrive late