🇬🇧🇪🇸 procrastination - dilación : English Lesson

Meaning of "procrastination" ("dilación"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Procrastination is when you keep putting off something you need to do, like homework or cleaning your room, even though you know it has to be done. Instead of doing the job, you might play, daydream, or find a million tiny distractions. The job doesn’t disappear—you just delay it until later, which often makes you rushed, stressed, or in trouble. Procrastination is like telling your chores, “I’ll do you later,” over and over again while time quietly runs away.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Procrastination made me organize my pencil case, polish my shoes, and alphabetize my snacks—anything except my math assignment.

Procrastination turned “read one chapter” into “stare at the ceiling and think about sandwiches.”

Procrastination whispered, “Watch one more cat video,” and suddenly it was tomorrow.

With enough procrastination, a five-minute chore can survive untouched for five months.

My procrastination schedule is very strict: I delay everything equally and fairly.

Tom sat on the sofa, a bill unpaid, coffee cold, plant drooping. He scrolled his phone; procrastination filled the room. His procrastination made him tidy around the bill, yet not pay it. Procrastination whispered, promising one more minute. The clock struck; his procrastination cost him the train. He cursed procrastination, then ran, swore, and paid.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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