pause

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.1.1 Homophones 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa; compare with Ancient Greek παῦσις

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• enPR: pôz, IPA: /pɔːz/, SAMPA: /pO:z/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɔːz

• Homophones: paws; pores, pours (in non-rhotic accents)

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to pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)

1. To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.

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[edit] Noun

pause (plural pauses)

1. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
2. A button found on players of electronic and digital media (such as a VCR or DVD player) that suspends play.

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• pose

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pausa.

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pause f. (plural pauses)

1. pause, break

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pause f.

1. Plural form of pausa.

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[edit] Verb

pause (infinitive: pausar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pausar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pausar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pausar.