protracted russian

• дли́тельный

  long, prolonged, protracted, lingering

• тя́нутый

  drawn, stretched, elongated

  drawn-out, prolonged, protracted

• волоки́та

  red tape, bureaucracy, officialdom

  protracted delay, procrastination, dragging out

  ladies' man, philanderer, womanizer

• затя́нутый

  tightened, pulled tight, taut

  drawn-out, protracted, long-winded, overlong

• затя́гиваться

  to drag on, to be protracted, to be delayed, to be dragged out

  to be tightened, to tighten, to pull tight

  to become covered, to grow overcast, to cloud over

  to heal over, to skin over, to close up

  to inhale, to take a drag, to draw on (a cigarette)

• затяжно́й

  prolonged protracted

• затяну́вшийся

  prolonged, protracted, drawn-out, long-drawn

  overcast, clouded over, covered (with clouds)

• затя́гивающийся

  dragging on, protracted, prolonged, lengthy

• затя́гивавшийся

  dragging on, prolonged, becoming protracted

• вы́болевший

  having suffered through a long illness, having recovered from a protracted illness, having come to a head (of a problem)

• канителимый

  delayed, protracted, dragged out, postponed

• проволакиваемый

  being dragged, being pulled, being drawn through, being protracted

Examples

• Переговоры оказались очень затяжными.

  The negotiations turned out to be very protracted.

• Это был затяжной позиционный конфликт

  It was a protracted positional conflict.

• Затяжная война, обескровливавшая страну, наконец закончилась.

  The protracted war that was bleeding the country dry finally ended.