A2verb

dröja

hesitate, wait

Form: dröjt/Supine/Lemma: dröja

Definitions

1. hesitate, wait

avvakta, vänta

Det skulle dock dröja ytterligare ett halvt sekel innan järnpumpen blev vanlig landsbygden .

However, it would take another half a century before the iron pump became common in the countryside.

Av talen har fyra ord dröjt kvar i mig .

Of the speeches have four words lingered in me.

2. take (a long) time

dra ut på tiden, ta tid

Det kan dröja innan medicinen verkar.

It can take time before the medicine works.

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