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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