La Palabra Del Día: "retraso"
retraso ( reh-trah'-soh )
noun ( delay )
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Examples:
1: Debido al retraso, los pasajeros tuvieron que esperar 10 horas en la sala de abordar.
Due to the delay, the passengers had to wait for 10 hours at the gate.
2: El retraso en la entrega del paquete se debió al mal clima.
The delay in the delivery of the package was caused by inclement weather.
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Cuando el retraso no pasó mi horario se desordenó. ¿La lección? ¡Nunca ten previsto!
When the delay didn’t happen my schedule got messed up. The lesson? Never plan ahead!
La pareja joven iba a Noruega para su luna de miel, pero, debido a que había un retraso en su vuelo, se durmieron y soñaron juntos de la cascada de las siete hermanas.
The young couple were going to Norway for their honeymoon, but, because there was a delay in their flight, they fell asleep and dreamed together of the Seven Sisters Waterfall.
Un atasco de tráfico retrasó el tránsito en el centro de la ciudad así que no pudimos llegar a tiempo a nuestra cita.
A traffic jam delayed transit in the city center so we could not get there in time for our appointment.
Durante la temporada de Navidad suele haber un retraso con el correo.
During the Christmas season there is usually a delay in the mail.
He sido retrasado , pero voy a llegar a tiempo.
I've been delayed, but I will arrive in good time.
La Carrera de caballos se retrasó debido a un rasguño tarde.
The horse race was delayed due to a late scratch.
El tren llevaba media hora de retraso debido al mal tiempo
The train was delayed half an hour due to the bad weather
El tren lleva cinco horas de retraso. / The train is five hours late.
Algunos vuelos sufrieron prolongados retrasos. / Some flights were subject to lengthy delays.
El retraso no se pudo evitar, yo estaba casi para avanzar al siguiente nivel.
The delay could not be avoided, I was almost to advance to the next level.
The snow and ice on the road was so high and slippery that they delayed school until noon.
La nieve y el hielo en la carretera era tan alto y resbaladizo que retraso escolar hasta el mediodía.
Ayer, mi avión tenía un retraso que duró más tiempo que el propio viaje en avión.
Yesterday, my plane had a delay that was longer than the plane ride itself.
Kimberly arrived on time for her appointment but the doctor was delayed 2 hours.
Kimberly llegó a tiempo para su cita pero el médico estuvieron 2 horas de retraso.
She had just received a letter this morning from a young man in France who had apologised for the delay in responding to her letter! 'This is very strange', she thought..'.I certainly can't remember ever writing a letter to you and yet you told me that we met on holiday in Paris last year!' Later that day, while she was thinking about it, she suddenly remembered that her twin (identical) sister was on holiday in France last year and realized that her sister had given her name to the young man instead. When she telephoned her sister she admitted that she had been trying to set up a blind daye for her! 
(Ella) Había acabado de recibir una carta esta mañana de un jovencito en Francia que había disculpado por el retraso en responder a su carta. '¡Esta es muy extraño, ' pensó 'Sin duda, no puedo recordar nunca que te he escrito una carta', sin embargo me dijo que nos conocemos de vacaciones en Paris, el año pasado! ¡Más tarde ese día, mientras pensaba en ello, de repente recordó que su gemelo idéntico estaba de vacaciones en Francia el año pasado y se dio cuenta de que su hermana había dado en lugar su nombre al jovencito. Cuando llamó por teléfono a su hermana, admitió que había estado tratatando de arreglar una cita a ciegas por ella.
Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor 
Había un retraso en el viaje de mi hijo y su familia en el regreso a Camboya y por eso tuvieron que pasar la noche en la Ciudad de Ho Chi Minh. No era fácil con una niña de dos años.
There was a delay in the trip of my son and his family back to Cambodia and they had to spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City. It wasn't easy with a two-year-old.
