1 (in time) momento; (m) al ratoa moment agoago hace un momento take a moment to reflect she stared at him a moment, then turned away many people still remember the moment they heard President Kennedy was assassinated there comes a moment when ... it was a shameful moment in the history of our country
they should be arriving any moment (now)any deberían llegar ahorita de un momento a otro; (LAm)or
at the momentat en este momento I'm working on a new novel at the moment
I could lose my job at any moment podría perder mi trabajo en cualquier momento
they ran the risk of being shot at any moment at the [present] moment
at this/that moment en este/ese momento; en este/ese instante; at this moment in time en este mismo momento
Big Ben is at this very moment chiming four o'clock unbeknown to him, at that very moment mutinies were erupting in the French Army at this moment in time he's giving a speech in Parliament
I shan't be a momentbe (on going out) vuelvo en seguida; ahorita vuelvo; (LAm) (when busy) termino en un momento; ahorita acabo; (LAm)
for the momentfor por el momento; por lo pronto for the moment, however, the government is happy to live with it
he didn't hesitate for a moment no vaciló ni un momento instante;or
for a moment he reminded Ned of Michael for a [brief]/[long] moment we looked at each other for a long moment, then he smiled for a brief moment she thought he was going to shoot
not for a one moment did I believe itor no me lo creí ni por un momento; I'm not saying for a moment you're wrong no digo que no tengas razón ni mucho menos; not for a moment did I think that ... en ningún momento pensaba que ...
from the moment I saw himfrom desde el momento en que lo vi from moment to moment al momento
demented patients forget from moment to moment
from that moment on desde entonces; desde ese aquel momento;or
from that moment on we were sworn enemies
the play has its momentshas la obra tiene sus momentos he's not the thoroughly outgoing character you'd predict, although he has his moments he had moments of clarity when he could talk intelligibly I may not be Pavarotti but I've had my moments [in] a moment
yes, in a moment!in ¡sí en seguida! I'll come in a moment vengo en seguida; vengo dentro de un momento; it was all over in a moment todo ocurrió en un instante; in moments, I was asleep en seguida me quedé dormido
in a moment he was gone
just a moment!just ¡un momento! wait a moment - I'll get it for you one moment, please - I'll put you through just a moment, while I finish this objecting to sth just a moment! I haven't had my say yet
I've just this moment heard acabo de enterarme
at the last momentlast a última hora; en el último momento to leave things until the last moment dejar las cosas hasta última hora; dejarlo todo para lo último
they changed their minds at the last moment and refused to go
a moment laterlater un momento después
the next moment he collapsednext al instante se desplomó he was weeping one moment, laughing the next tan pronto lloraba como se reía
it's something you can do in odd moments of spare time in one of his odd moments of free time trust to luck that you can squeeze a job into odd moments he spends any odd moments he has doing crossword puzzles [at] odd moments your best ideas may occur to you at odd moments during the day or night at odd moments he really began to believe he might escape at odd moments during walks or while watching television, Iwas hit by the sensation of being Roman
the man of the momentof el hombre del momento it's his favourite word of the moment the excitement of the moment swept us all along
one moment!one ¡un momento! the [right]/[wrong] moment
I was waiting for the right moment to tell himright estaba esperando el momento adecuado oportuno para decírselo;or it was the wrong moment to start talking about holidays
it won't take a momenttake no tardará ni un momento; es cosa de un momento
tell me the moment he arrivesthe avísame en cuanto llegue
the moment of truthtruth la hora de la verdad both men knew the moment of truth had arrived
I did it in a moment of weaknessweakness lo hice en un momento de debilidad
note note See culture box in entry soon. 2 (Fís) momento; (m)moment of inertiainertia momento de inercia; (m)
3 (formal) (importance) importancia; (f) matters of moment every matter of real moment is delayed from 24 hours to 24 weeks
of great/little momentgreatlittle de gran/poca importancia this distinction would be of little moment to an environmentalist
