demora

See also: demorá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from demorar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈmo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈmo.ɾa]

Noun

demora f (plural demores)

1. delay

   Synonym: endarreriment

Further reading

• “demora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “demora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “demora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “demora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

demora

1. inflection of demorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from demorar.

Noun

demora f (plural demoras)

1. delay

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

demora

1. inflection of demorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmoɾa/ [d̪eˈmo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from demorar.

Noun

demora f (plural demoras)

1. delay

   Synonyms: atraso, retraso, tardanza

Derived terms

• sin demora

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

demora

1. inflection of demorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “demora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28