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1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) retrasarse, quedarse atrás
2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) retrasotr[læg]1 retraso2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL slang preso1 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL revestir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto lag behind rezagarse, quedarse atrástime lag retraso, demoralag n1) delay: retraso m, demora f2) interval: lapso m, intervalo mn.• retraso s.m.v.• atrasarse v.• retrasarse v.• revestir v.• rezagarse v.læg
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- gg- intransitive verbto lag (behind) — quedarse atrás, rezagarse*
to lag behind somebody/something — ir* a la zaga de alguien/algo
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vt \<\<pipes/cylinder\>\> revestir* con aislantes
I [læɡ]1.2.English students are lagging behind their European counterparts — los alumnos ingleses se están quedando atrás con respecto a sus homólogos europeos, los alumnos ingleses van a la zaga de sus homólogos europeos
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[læɡ]VT [+ boiler, pipes] revestir ( with de)
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[læɡ]N (esp Brit)old lag — (=old prisoner) (preso(-a) m / f) veterano(-a) m / f ; (=ex-prisoner) ex-presidiario(-a) m / f
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- gg- intransitive verbto lag (behind) — quedarse atrás, rezagarse*
to lag behind somebody/something — ir* a la zaga de alguien/algo
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vt \<\<pipes/cylinder\>\> revestir* con aislantes
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