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adjective

atrasado

late

Que no está al día o va más lento de lo esperado.

Definition & meaning

Atrasado generally means late, delayed, or behind schedule. It can also mean:

  • Overdue, as with a payment or task.
  • Behind in progress or development.
  • Outdated or backward, when describing ideas or social conditions. When applied to a person, it can be offensive.
  • Set back, when referring to a clock that shows an earlier time than the actual time.

Grammar & Word origin

An adjective with four forms: atrasado, atrasada, atrasados, and atrasadas. It is also the past participle of atrasar , “to delay” or “to set back,” which is related to atrás , “behind.”

Synonyms & antonyms

  • retrasado — “delayed” or “late”; often interchangeable, though its use to describe a person can be offensive.
  • demorado — “delayed”; emphasizes that something has taken longer than expected.
  • anticuado — “old-fashioned” or “outdated”; applies to the outdated sense, not lateness.
  • puntual — “on time”; an antonym in contexts involving schedules.
  • adelantado — “ahead” or “advanced”; contrasts with being behind in progress.

Common phrases & collocations

  • pagos atrasados — overdue payments.
  • trabajo atrasado — overdue work or a backlog of work.
  • ir atrasado — to be running late or behind schedule.
  • reloj atrasado — a clock that is slow.

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Examples

Siempre llega atrasado a las reuniones importantes.adjective

He always arrives late to important meetings.

Estaba atrasado por el tráfico de esta mañana.adjective

He was late because of this morning's traffic.

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