dawdle russian
задержа́ться
to linger, to stay (longer), to stay on
to be delayed, to be held up
to dawdle, to take too long
дрема́ть
to doze, to slumber, to nod, to dawdle
копоши́ться
to swarm about, to teem, to stir, to crawl about
to potter about, to putter around, to busy oneself, to dawdle
to fumble (with something), to rummage, to root about, to fiddle
вала́ндаться
to dawdle, to loiter, to hang about, to waste time
to mess about (with), to fuss (with), to struggle (with)
вожжа́ться
to bother oneself (with), to trouble oneself (with), to fuss (with)
to dawdle, to mess around, to take one's time
волы́нить
to procrastinate, to dawdle, to delay, to slack
каните́литься
to dawdle, to mess about
прокопа́ться
to dawdle, to mess about
проме́шкать
to linger, to dawdle
тели́ться
to calve
to dawdle, to dither, to drag one's feet
кало́ша
galosh, overshoe, rubber boot
slowcoach, dawdler, sleepyhead
old banger, jalopy, rattletrap
волы́нщик
piper, dawdler
копу́н
dawdler
копу́нья
dawdler
ро́хля
dawdler, slowcoach, sluggard, slowpoke
wimp, loser, good-for-nothing
поплётшийся
having trudged, having dragged oneself along, having dawdled
Examples
Этот волынщик опять затягивает простое дело.
That dawdler is delaying a simple task again.
Не канителься, собери вещи побыстрее.
Don’t dawdle—pack your things quickly.
Дети канителились с домашним заданием весь вечер.
The children dawdled over their homework all evening.
Мой брат настоящий копун, всегда опаздывает.
My brother is a real dawdler; he is always late.
