Dilación in english
Delay
pronunciation: dɪleɪ part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: dɪleɪ part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
dilación = procrastination ; delay ; delaying ; procrastinating.
Example: Procrastination must be recognized as a serious waste of time, affecting not only the amount of work people are able to accomplish but its quality as well.Example: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.Example: Tuesday, after much delaying and procrastinating, I finally ran out of excuses and went to the passport office.Example: Tuesday, after much delaying and procrastinating, I finally ran out of excuses and went to the passport office.more:
» andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate ; kick + the can (down the road) .
Example: Regrettably, some people have considerable difficulty in facing up to responsibility and they procrastinate; others become notorious for making snap judgments. Example: Governments have been indecisive and playing for time -- kicking the can down the road, rather than addressing the root causes of the crisis.» sin más dilación = without (any) further ado ; without (any) more ado ; without (any) warning .
Example: So without further ado, I'd like to introduce our keynote speaker, Doctor Sam Eriks. Example: If this man is right we will have no alternative than to pay him without more ado. Example: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.