protract

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de prolongar ou estender a duração de algo, frequentemente no tempo ou no espaço; também pode significar arrastar ou fazer durar mais que o esperado.

A verb used to indicate the act of prolonging or extending the duration of something, often in time or space.

1. Extend in timeC1formal

   To prolong or draw out in time; to make something last longer than usual.

   Prolongar

   • The negotiations were protracted for several months.
   • They protracted the meeting unnecessarily.
   • The illness protracted his recovery period.

   Sinônimosdrag outdraw outelongateextendlengthenprolongspin outstretch out

   Antônimosabbreviatecondensecurtailcutshorten