Translation for "idle away" to spanish

Idle away

verb

• perder
• perder el tiempo
• malgastar

Translation examples

perder verb

His tribune rank had allowed him to take station close to the front, but the march in battle order was not a place for friends to idle away the time.
Su rango de tribuno le había permitido ocupar un puesto cerca del frente, pero la marcha en orden de batalla no permitía perder el tiempo con los amigos.

He noted that I had worked hard at my studies, making the best of my limited opportunities and gifts (some fluster and apology as he assured me that he meant to say that my opportunities were limited, not my gifts), while Paul, miserable person that he was, had idled away his time and wasted his native brilliance, wit, and uncommon celerity of intellect.
Comentó que yo había trabajado con ahínco para terminar mi carrera, aprovechando al máximo mis limitadas oportunidades y dotes, aclarando con cierta turbación que no quiso decir que las dotes fueran limitadas sino solo las oportunidades, mientras que el haragán de Paul no había hecho más que perder el tiempo, desperdiciando su talento natural, su ingenio y su extraordinaria agilidad mental.