rato
sustantivo masculino
while
estuvimos hablando mucho rato we were talking for quite a while
al poco rato (de) shortly after
con esto hay para rato that should keep us going for a while
de a ratos now and again
dentro de un rato in a while
hace un rato a while ago
pasar el rato to kill time, to pass the time
pasar un mal rato to have a hard time of it
ratos libres spare time (uncountable noun)
a ratos at times
a ratos perdidos at odd moments
un rato (largo) (figurado) really, terribly
