for the time being

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

for the time being (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) temporarily; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.

   I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.

Translations

temporarily; until later

• Belarusian: паку́ль (pakúlʹ)
• Catalan: de moment
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 就目前而言 (jiù mùqián éryán), 暫時／暂时 (zh), 暂时 (zh) (zànshí), 權時／权时 (zh) (quánshí), 权时 (zh) (quánshí), (formal) 權且／权且 (zh) (quánqiě), 权且 (zh) (quánqiě), 姑且 (zh) (gūqiě)

• Czech: prozatím (cs)
• Dutch: voorlopig (nl), vooreerst (nl)
• Finnish: toistaiseksi (fi)
• French: pour le moment (fr), pour l’instant (fr)
• German: fürs Erste (de); vorerst (de), einstweilen (de), vorläufig (de), zunächst einmal
• Hungarian: egyelőre (hu), pillanatnyilag (hu), per pillanat
• Icelandic: í þetta sinn
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• Italian: per il momento
• Japanese: 当分の間 (とうぶんのあいだ, tōbun-no aida), 差し当たり (さしあたり, sashiatari), 取りあえず (とりあえず, toriaezu)
• Polish: na razie (pl), chwilowo (pl)
• Portuguese: por enquanto (pt)
• Romanian: deocamdată (ro), pentru moment
• Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), пока́ что (ru) (poká što), до поры́ до вре́мени (ru) (do porý do vrémeni)
• Spanish: por ahora, por el momento, por lo pronto, de momento
• Swedish: tils vidare, för tillfället (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రస్తుతానికి (prastutāniki)
• Turkish: şimdilik (tr), geçici olarak
• Ukrainian: по́ки (póky)