while away

pasar el rato, pasar el tiempo

Pasar el tiempo de forma agradable y relajada, sin hacer nada importante.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time in a relaxed, pleasant way, without doing anything important.

• We whiled away the afternoon in the garden.
• She whiles away long journeys reading novels.
• How do you while away the hours on rainy days?

Cómo se usa: while away + time + doing something (We whiled away the afternoon playing cards.); while something away (She whiled the hours away with a book.)

Sinónimos: pass the time, kill time

Expresiones frecuentes: while away the hours, while away an afternoon, while away some time

transcurrir, pasar

Dicho del tiempo, pasar o transcurrir.

En inglés sencillo: If time does this, it passes.

• The hours whiled away slowly.
• The afternoon whiled away as we waited by the window.
• Long days whiled away in the quiet village.

Sinónimos: pass, elapse

Expresiones frecuentes: hours while away, days while away