English-Spanish translations for respite

• atrasar
• descanso
  No hay que bajar la guardia, debemos seguir esforzándonos sin descanso. We must not relax our vigilance, and we must continue our work without respite.
  Piensen, por ejemplo, en los progenitores en casas de grupos numerosos, o en el descanso en casa el fin de semana de los cuidadores. Think, for example, of house parents in group homes, or weekend in-house respite for carers.
  Casi todas las personas fallecidas eran discapacitadas o ancianas y estaban en clínicas de reposo o residencias para la tercera edad o estaban de descanso mientras sus familias estaban de vacaciones. Almost all of the people who died were either disabled or elderly and in nursing homes or residential care, or in respite while their families were on holiday.
• pausa
  Los ciudadanos nos han pedido una pausa. The people have requested some respite.
• postergar

Definition of respite

• A brief interval of rest or relief
• A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death
• To delay or postpone (an event

Related words

• respite care
• respite period
• short respite