ratos in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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2. rato en locs:

a cada rato LatAm, me interrumpe a cada rato
he keeps interrupting me every five minutes o the whole time
(al (poco) rato) llegó al poco rato de irte tú
he arrived shortly o just after you left
al rato se me quitó el dolor
shortly afterward(s) o a short time later the pain went
solo al rato me di cuenta de la gravedad del asunto
I only realized how serious the situation was a little while later
¿quieres bailar? — al rato Mex
do you want to dance? — later o in a while
a ratos
from time to time
a ratos
now and again
a ratos perdidos
now and then
a ratos perdidos
now and again
de a rato o Spain de a ratos
from time to time
de a rato o Spain de a ratos
now and again
más rato Chil
later
voy a guardar este pedazo para más rato
I'm going to save this piece for later
para rato inf no me esperes, tengo para rato
don't wait for me, I'll be a while o I'll be some time o I'll be quite a long time
todavía hay para rato
there's still a long way to go (o a lot to do etc.)
si está hablando con Juan tenemos para rato
if she's talking to Juan, we'll be here all day/all night inf, hum
pasar el rato
to while away o pass the time
me puse a leer una revista para pasar el rato
I started reading a magazine to while away o pass the time
un rato largo Spain inf sabe un rato largo de música
she sure knows a lot o she knows a hell of a lot about music inf
¡esto pesa un rato largo!
this weighs a ton! inf
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¿qué haces en tus ratos de ocio?
what do you do in your spare o leisure o free time?

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intermittently sunny
soleado a ratos
betweentimes
en los ratos perdidos
in my spare time
en mis ratos libres
to have a lie-down
echarse or recostarse un rato (a descansar)
to have a kip
apolillar un rato RioPl inf
let me get some kip
déjame dormir un rato
awhile
un rato
linger
quedarse (un rato)
linger
entretenerse (un rato)
he lingered in the corridor
se quedó or se entretuvo un rato en el pasillo
to linger on/over sth to linger on a subject
detenerse largo rato en un tema
her eyes lingered on the child
se quedó largo rato mirando al niño
idly
por pasar el rato

ratos in the PONS Dictionary

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un rato de asueto
a break

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ratos Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a ratos
from time to time
de rato en rato
from time to time
pasar un buen/mal rato
to have a good/bad time
hacer pasar un mal rato a alguien
to give sb a rough [or hard] time
con esto tenemos para rato
with this we've got enough for quite a while
¿por qué no te asomas un rato?
why don't you pop in for a bit?
está mandando mensajes de texto todo el rato
she is an avid texter
hacer algo para reírse [o divertirse] un rato
to do sth for a giggle
hace rato que deberías estar durmiendo
it's (way) past your bedtime
hacer pasar un mal rato a alguien
to put sb through it
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