delay
Portuguese, noun/de.ˈlej/
delay is spelled D-E-L-A-Y (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delay is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “delay (period of time before an event being initiated and actually occurring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does delay mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelay (period of time before an event being initiated and actually occurring)
- 2
masculinedelay (effect that produces echo-like repetitions in sound)
- 3
masculinedelay (unit that produces a delay effect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of delay
- delays plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delay?
- Brazil /de.ˈlej/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delay
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delay in Portuguese?
delay appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).