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waste_time

waste time

English

Verb

waste time ‎(third-person singular simple present wastes time, present participle wasting time, simple past and past participle wasted time)

To allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.

Synonyms

faff about (British, idiomatic)
dick around (American, vulgar)

Derived terms

Terms derived from waste time

Translations

to allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner

Arabic: أَضْعَفَ اَلْوَقْت ‎(ʾaḍʿafa l-waqt)
Armenian: ժամանակ վատնել ‎(žamanak vatnel)
Catalan: perdre temps (ca)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 嘥時間, 嘥时间 ‎(saai¹ si⁴ gaan³)

Mandarin: 浪費時間, 浪费时间 ‎(làngfèi shíjiān)
Czech: plýtvat časem, mrhat časem
Dutch: tijd verspillen
Finnish: hukata (fi) aikaa (fi), haaskata (fi) aikaa
French: perdre son temps (fr), perdre le temps
German: Zeit vergeuden
Hindi:

Italian: perdere tempo
Japanese: 時間を無駄に過ごす ‎(じかんをむだにすごす, jikan-o muda-ni sugosu)
Korean:
Polish: tracić czas
Portuguese: perder tempo
Russian: теря́ть вре́мя ‎(terjátʹ vrémja)
Spanish: perder el tiempo, perecear (es)
Swedish: spilla tid, ödsla tid, förspilla tid
Turkish: zaman öldürmek (tr), vakit geçirmek (tr), vakit öldürmek (tr), zaman geçirmek
Vietnamese: tốn thì giờ (chẳng ra gì)