temporiza

Borrowed from French temporiser.

• IPA^(key): /tem.po.riˈza/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tem‧po‧ri‧za

a temporiza (third-person singular present temporizează, past participle temporizat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive, literary) to temporize, stall for time

   Synonyms: o lungi, se lungi, tărăgăna, trage de timp

2. (transitive, literary) to delay, postpone

   Synonyms: amâna, tergiversa

3. (transitive, medicine) to temporize (take temporary measures)
4. (intransitive, rare) to temporize (hold discussions)

   Synonym: discuta

   • 1979, Corneliu Leu, Romanul unei zile mari [The novel of a great day]‎^[1], second edition, Bucharest: Albatros, published 1984, page 226:

     Acum nu rămâne decît ca dumneata, domnule Maniu, să temporizezi cu ceilalți.

     All that’s left now, mister Maniu, is to temporize with the others.

• temporizator

• “temporiza”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1982), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[2], volume 11, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 182

temporiza

1. inflection of temporizar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative