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linger

English

  1. 🔊 take one's time
  2. 🔊 remain present although waning or gradually dying
    “Her perfume lingered on”
  3. 🔊 leave slowly and hesitantly
  4. 🔊 move to and fro
    “The shy student lingered in the corner”
  5. 🔊 be about
    “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 demorar to linger
  2. 🔊 persistir to linger
  3. 🔊 perdurar to linger, persist

Similar words

tarry dawdle loiter lounge footle lollygag loaf lallygag hang around mess about tarry lurk mill about mill around hover abide amble await bide bide the issue carry on cease not continue crawl