viivyttää

Finnish

Etymology

  • Causative aspect of the verb viipyä (to stay, linger).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vii‧vyt‧tää

Verb

viivyttää

  1. (transitive) To delay, to postpone, to procrastinate, to put off, to retard (to put off until a later time).
    • Tekninen vika viivytti koneen lähtöä.
      • A technical problem delayed the departure of the airplane.
    • ...viivyttää väistämätöntä.
      • ...procrastinate the inevitable.
    • Myrsky viivytti peliä viikolla.
      • The storm put off the game by a week.
    • Älä viivytä läksyjesi tekemistä viime hetkeen.
      • Don't put off your homework until the last minute.
    • viivyttää vanhuuden vaikutuksia
      • to retard the attacks of old age
  2. (transitive) To impede, to hinder, to stall (to cause a delay to someone else by making his task difficult).
    • Hän viivytti velkojia niin kauan kuin pystyi.
      • He stalled the creditors as long as he could.

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