wait — Diccionario de inglés

Verbo

1. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   TraducciónRetrasar un movimiento o una acción hasta cierto suceso o momento; permanecer desatendido o preparado.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Ejemplos

   Please wait here until I return.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

   I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

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   They also serve who only stand and wait.

   Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.

   No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.

2. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   TraducciónServir mesas; atender a los clientes en un restaurante u otro establecimiento de comidas.

   Uso

   • uso estadounidense
   • intransitivo
   • stative

   Ejemplos

   She waits tables at a café.

   She used to wait in this joint.

3. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   to wait one’s turn

   Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.

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   The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.

4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

   Uso

   • en desuso
   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.

   Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.

5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

   Uso

   • en desuso

6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

   Uso

   • coloquial
   • en desuso

   Ejemplos

   Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.

7. To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

   Uso

   • en desuso

8. To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Ejemplos

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   She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, "When will I see you again?" He answered, "I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me."

   I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime

Sustantivo

1. A delay.

   TraducciónDemora.

   Ejemplos

   There was a long wait at the station.

   I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

2. An ambush.

   Ejemplos

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   Uso

   • en desuso

4. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   Uso

   • uso británico
   • in-plural
   • en desuso

   Ejemplos

   […]as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way

5. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

   Uso

   • uso británico
   • in-plural

   Ejemplos

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

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   1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.

   […] the waits begin their rounds, and going from house to house, […] they sing carols and Christmas hymns until […] another Christmas-day has dawned.[…]

Interjección

1. Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.

   TraducciónIndica al interlocutor que deje de hablar, escribir, etc. un momento, a menudo para poder aclarar algo.

   Uso

   • informal

   Sinónimos

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   Ejemplos

   Wait, which address do you mean?

   - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?

Sustantivo

1. time during which some action is awaited

   Sinónimos

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   Términos más generales

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   Ejemplos

   instant replay caused too long a delay

   he ordered a hold in the action

2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   Sinónimos

   waiting

   Términos más generales

   inactivity

   Ejemplos

   the wait was an ordeal for him

Verbo

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   Términos más generales

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   Ejemplos

   I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets

2. wait before acting

   Sinónimos

   hold offhold back

   Términos más generales

   actmove

   Ejemplos

   the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   Sinónimos

   expectlookawait

   Términos más generales

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Ejemplos

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

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   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   Sinónimos

   waitress

   Términos más generales

   work

   Ejemplos

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's