Translation of "wait around for" to Spanish

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Dictionary translations for "wait around for"

wait around for verb

quedarse esperando (expect)

Contexts with "wait around for"

What a gorgeous sunset! Let's hang around for a couple of minutes and watch it. ¡Qué puesta de sol más bonita! Rondemos por aquí unos cuantos minutos para verla.

I wandered around for a while. Di vueltas por ahí un rato.

I have better things to do than sit around all day waiting for Tom. Tengo mejores cosas que hacer que sentarme todo el día a esperar a Tom.

There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all. Hubo una vez en la que Cristóbal Colón desafió a un duelo a otro explorador. El último, un tipo poco honrado, no dio diez pasos como marcan las reglas, sino dos; entonces se giró y disparó. Desgraciadamente para él, Colón no había dado ni un solo paso.

Police immediately sealed off the streets around the hotel as they searched for the bomb. La policía acordonó las calles cercanas al hotel de forma inmediata mientras buscaban la bomba.

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