English-Portuguese translations for procrastinate

• procrastinar
  Irá o Parlamento Europeu continuar a procrastinar até essas escolas serem encerradas? Is Parliament going to procrastinate until these schools have been closed down?
  Senhor Presidente, "quanto mais cedo melhor" significa precisamente isso: que não devemos procrastinar. President of the Commission. - Mr President, 'sooner rather than later' means precisely that: that we should not procrastinate.
  As autoridades romenas têm tendência para procrastinar no que toca a resolver tais assuntos, apesar do facto de as directivas da UE aplicáveis estarem, supostamente, em vigor também na Roménia. The Romanian authorities tend to procrastinate when it comes to settling such matters, despite the fact that the relevant EU directives are supposed to be in force in Romania too.

Definition of procrastinate

• To delay taking action; to wait until later
• To put off; to delay (something

Examples

• He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.

Related words

• procrastinator
• procrastination
• procrastinative
• vacillate; hesitate; procrastinate