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indugio

delay

noun een-DOO-joh Rare

Origin: From indugiare (to linger, to delay), from Latin indulgere (to indulge, to yield).

Also means

hesitation

Usage Note

Indugio is masculine: l'indugio, gli indugi. It appears most often in the fixed phrase senza indugio (without delay, immediately), which is common in formal and literary Italian. The related verb is indugiare (to linger, to hesitate).

Examples

"Bisogna agire senza indugio."

Natural Translation

One must act without delay.

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