procrastinate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/
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• US: prō-krăs'tə-nāt'
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• US: /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
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• US: /pɹəˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
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• Australian: /pɹəˈkɹæs.tɪ.næɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 K R AE1 S T AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَوَّفَ (sawwafa) — put off; to delay taking action
• Azerbaijani: ertələmək — put off; to delay taking action
• Bulgarian: бавя се (bavja se) — put off; to delay taking action
• Bulgarian: мая се (maja se) — put off; to delay taking action
• Catalan: procrastinar — put off; to delay taking action
• Chinese Mandarin: 耽擱 /耽搁 (dāngē) — put off; to delay taking action
• Chinese Mandarin: 拖延 (tuōyán) — put off; to delay taking action
• Czech: odkládat — put off; to delay taking action
• Dutch: uitstellen — put off; to delay taking action
• Dutch: voor zich uitschuiven — put off; to delay taking action
• Dutch: soggen — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: vitkutella — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: viivytellä — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: vitkastella — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: jahkailla — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: aikailla — put off; to delay taking action
• Finnish: kuhnailla — put off; to delay taking action
• French: procrastiner — put off; to delay taking action
• Galician: procrastinar — put off; to delay taking action
• Galician: enredar — put off; to delay taking action
• German: aufschieben — put off; to delay taking action
• German: verzögern — put off; to delay taking action
• German: vertagen — put off; to delay taking action
• German: prokrastinieren — put off; to delay taking action
• Greek: χρονοτριβώ (chronotrivó) — put off; to delay taking action
• Greek: καθυστερώ (kathysteró) — put off; to delay taking action
• Hungarian: késlekedik — put off; to delay taking action
• Hungarian: húzza az időt — put off; to delay taking action
• Indonesian: menunda — put off; to delay taking action
• Indonesian: berlengah-lengah — put off; to delay taking action
• Indonesian: menangguh-nangguhkan — put off; to delay taking action
• Italian: procrastinare — put off; to delay taking action
• Japanese: 先延ばしにする — put off; to delay taking action
• Korean: 미루다 (miruda) — put off; to delay taking action
• Latin: procrastino — put off; to delay taking action
• Macedonian: одложува (odložuva) — put off; to delay taking action
• Malay: melambat-lambatkan — put off; to delay taking action
• Malay: melewat-lewatkan — put off; to delay taking action
• Malay: menangguh-nangguhkan — put off; to delay taking action
• Malay: bertangguh-tangguh — put off; to delay taking action
• Malay: menunda-nunda — put off; to delay taking action
• Māori: tonanawe — put off; to delay taking action
• Norwegian: somle — put off; to delay taking action
• Portuguese: procrastinar — put off; to delay taking action
• Romanian: amâna — put off; to delay taking action
• Romanian: tărăgăna — put off; to delay taking action
• Romanian: procrastina — put off; to delay taking action
• Russian: ме́длить (médlitʹ) — put off; to delay taking action
• Russian: тяну́ть (tjanútʹ) — put off; to delay taking action
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — put off; to delay taking action
• Serbo-Croatian: odugovlačiti — put off; to delay taking action
• Spanish: hacer desidia — put off; to delay taking action
• Spanish: procrastinar — put off; to delay taking action
• Swedish: prokrastinera — put off; to delay taking action
• Swedish: förhala — put off; to delay taking action
• Thai: ผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง (pàt-wan-bprà-gan-prûng) — put off; to delay taking action
• Thai: ผัด (pàt) — put off; to delay taking action
• Thai: ผัดผ่อน (pàt-pɔ̀n) — put off; to delay taking action
• Turkish: gecikme — put off; to delay taking action
• Yiddish: אָפּלייגן (opleygn) — put off; to delay taking action
• Azerbaijani: ertələmək — put off; delay something
• Bulgarian: отлагам (otlagam) — put off; delay something
• Catalan: procrastinar — put off; delay something
• Chinese Mandarin: 耽擱 /耽搁 (dāngē) — put off; delay something
• Chinese Mandarin: 拖延 (tuōyán) — put off; delay something
• Danish: udsætte — put off; delay something
• Danish: udskyde — put off; delay something
• Danish: forhale — put off; delay something
• Danish: forsinke — put off; delay something
• Dutch: uitstellen — put off; delay something
• Dutch: soggen — put off; delay something
• Finnish: lykätä — put off; delay something
• Finnish: viivyttää — put off; delay something
• Finnish: viivästää — put off; delay something
• Finnish: viivästyttää — put off; delay something
• Finnish: myöhäistää — put off; delay something
• Finnish: myöhästyttää — put off; delay something
• German: verschleppen — put off; delay something
• German: prokrastinieren — put off; delay something
• Greek: καθυστερώ (kathysteró) — put off; delay something
• Greek: αναβάλλω (anavállo) — put off; delay something
• Hungarian: halogat — put off; delay something
• Hungarian: elodáz — put off; delay something
• Hungarian: húz-halaszt — put off; delay something
• Hungarian: elhúz — put off; delay something
• Indonesian: menunda — put off; delay something
• Indonesian: berlengah-lengah — put off; delay something
• Indonesian: menangguh-nangguhkan — put off; delay something
• Italian: ritardare — put off; delay something
• Italian: posticipare — put off; delay something
• Italian: differire — put off; delay something
• Italian: rimandare — put off; delay something
• Italian: dilazionare — put off; delay something
• Italian: temporeggiare — put off; delay something
• Macedonian: одолговлекува (odolgovlekuva) — put off; delay something
• Malay: menangguhkan — put off; delay something
• Malay: memperlambat — put off; delay something
• Māori: whakatonanawe — put off; delay something
• Māori: whakaroaroa — put off; delay something
• Norwegian: utsette — put off; delay something
• Portuguese: procrastinar — put off; delay something
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — put off; delay something
• Serbo-Croatian: odlagati — put off; delay something
• Spanish: hacer desidia — put off; delay something
• Spanish: procrastinar — put off; delay something
• Spanish: dejar para después — put off; delay something
• Swedish: skjuta upp — put off; delay something
• Swedish: förhala — put off; delay something
• Turkish: geciktirmek — put off; delay something
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — put off; delay something