time-out

Alternative forms

 * (especially US)

Noun

 * 1)  A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
 * We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
 * 1)  A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
 * I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.
 * Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!
 * 1)  The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
 * 1)  The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Translations

 * Arabic: وَقْت مُسْتَقْطَع
 * Belarusian: тайм-а́ўт
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ტაიმაუტი, მოკლე შესვენება
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 타임아웃
 * Macedonian: тајмаут
 * Maori: wā hiki
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tiempo muerto, tiempo fuera
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тайм-а́ут


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: wā hiki
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish: aikakatkaisu
 * French: time out
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:, блокиро́вка по вре́мени, лими́т вре́мени
 * Swedish: tidsgräns

Noun

 * 1) a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)