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English

Etymology

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa; compare with Ancient Greek παῦσις

Pronunciation

Verb

Infinitive to pause

Third person singular pauses

Simple past paused

Past participle paused

Present participle pausing

to pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)

  1. To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.

Noun

Singular pause

Plural pauses

pause (plural pauses)

  1. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
  2. A button found on players of electronic and digital media (such as a VCR or DVD player) that suspends play.

Translations

short time for relaxing
  • Arabic: توقف (tawáqquf) m., وقف ar(ar) (waqf) m.
  • Armenian: դադար hy(hy) (dadar)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 停頓 cmn(cmn), 停顿 cmn(cmn) (tíngdùn), 暫停 cmn(cmn), 暂停 cmn(cmn) (zàntíng)
  • Czech: přestávka cs(cs) f., pauza cs(cs) f.
  • Dutch: pause nl(nl) f.
  • Esperanto: paŭzo eo(eo)
  • Finnish: pysähdys fi(fi), tauko fi(fi), keskeytys fi(fi), väliaika fi(fi), lepoaika fi(fi), katko fi(fi)
  • French: pause fr(fr) f.
  • German: Pause de(de) f.
  • Greek:
    Ancient: παῦσις f.
    Modern: παύση f.
  • Hebrew: אתנח (he) (etnah)
  • Hungarian: szünet hu(hu)
  • Italian: pausa it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 休止 (きゅうし, kyūshi)
  • Korean: 멈춤 (meomchum)
  • Portuguese: pausa pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: пауза ru(ru) (páuza) f.
  • Serbian: stanka sr(sr) f., odmor sr(sr) m.
  • Slovene: pavza f., odmor m.
  • Spanish: pausa es(es) f.
  • Swedish: paus sv(sv) c.

French

Etymology

From Latin pausa

Pronunciation

Noun

pause f. (plural pauses)

  1. pause, break

Italian

Noun

pause f.

  1. Plural form of pausa.

Spanish

Verb

pause (infinitive: pausar)

  1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pausar.
  2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pausar.
  3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of pausar.

 

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