dilly-dally

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dilly-dally
[ˈdɪlɪˈdælɪ]
verbo intransitivo
1entretenerse (familiar) (loiter); titubear, vacilar (hesitate)

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dilly-dally [di-li-da-li]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Malgastar el tiempo; entretenerse en bagatela (m & n)
sustantivo

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dilly-dally (informal) [ˈdɪlɪdælɪ]
verb:intransitive
1 (loiter) entretenerse; demorarse
stop dilly-dallying and keep up with me You can't just kind of dilly-dally or be chatting away, - you must walk as if it's business
2 (hesitate) andarse con titubeos
you can't dilly-dally if you want to survive in this job The more they dilly dally, the more they drag their feet, the more people are going to lose confidence in this democratic process

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Verb Conjugation for "dilly-dally"

Imperative
  • dilly-dally
  • you dilly-dally
  • he/she dilly-dallies
  • we dilly-dally
  • you dilly-dally
  • they dilly-dally
Preterite
  • I dilly-dallied
  • you dilly-dallied
  • he/she dilly-dallied
  • we dilly-dallied
  • you dilly-dallied
  • they dilly-dallied
Present Continuous
  • I am dilly-dallying
  • you are dilly-dallying
  • he/she is dilly-dallying
  • we are dilly-dallying
  • you are dilly-dallying
  • they are dilly-dallying
Present Perfect
  • I have dilly-dallied
  • you have dilly-dallied
  • he/she has dilly-dallied
  • we have dilly-dallied
  • you have dilly-dallied
  • they have dilly-dallied
Past Continuous
  • I was dilly-dallying
  • you were dilly-dallying
  • he/she was dilly-dallying
  • we were dilly-dallying
  • you were dilly-dallying
  • they were dilly-dallying
Past Perfect
  • I had dilly-dallied
  • you had dilly-dallied
  • he/she had dilly-dallied
  • we had dilly-dallied
  • you had dilly-dallied
  • they had dilly-dallied
Future
  • I will dilly-dally
  • you will dilly-dally
  • he/she will dilly-dally
  • we will dilly-dally
  • you will dilly-dally
  • they will dilly-dally
Future Perfect
  • I will have dilly-dallied
  • you will have dilly-dallied
  • he/she will have dilly-dallied
  • we will have dilly-dallied
  • you will have dilly-dallied
  • they will have dilly-dallied
Future Continuous
  • I will be dilly-dallying
  • you will be dilly-dallying
  • he/she will be dilly-dallying
  • we will be dilly-dallying
  • you will be dilly-dallying
  • they will be dilly-dallying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been dilly-dallying
  • you have been dilly-dallying
  • he/she has been dilly-dallying
  • we have been dilly-dallying
  • you have been dilly-dallying
  • they have been dilly-dallying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been dilly-dallying
  • you will have been dilly-dallying
  • he/she will have been dilly-dallying
  • we will have been dilly-dallying
  • you will have been dilly-dallying
  • they will have been dilly-dallying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been dilly-dallying
  • you had been dilly-dallying
  • he/she had been dilly-dallying
  • we had been dilly-dallying
  • you had been dilly-dallying
  • they had been dilly-dallying
Paid English to Spanish translation

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