English-Portuguese translations for elapse

• passar
  Foram onze anos que o Conselho deixou passar. The Council has allowed eleven years to elapse.
  Não podem passar mais do que umas duas horas entre a remoção e o transplante. No more than a couple of hours must elapse between removal and transplantation.
  Por razões que se prendem com a saúde não deveremos deixar passar demasiado tempo, por consideração tanto para com os consumidores como para com os agricultores. In view of the health situation, a particularly long period ought not to be allowed to elapse, out of consideration for both consumers and farmers.
• transcorrer

Definition of elapse

• To pass or move by

Examples

• He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work
• Several days elapsed before they met again

Related words

• relapse
• elapsed
• timelapse
• relapsed
• relapsed heretic
• let time elapse
• let time elapse away