time-out

See also: timeout, Timeout, and time out

English

time +‎ out

time-out (plural time-outs)

(sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
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!
(communication) The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

in sports

break from a heated or stressful situation

Portuguese: tempo (pt) m
Russian: переры́в (ru) m (pererýv), переды́шка (ru) f (peredýška), тайм-а́ут (ru) m (tajm-áut), ("smoking break", may include non-smokers) переку́р (ru) m (perekúr)
Swedish: timeout (sv) c, time-out (sv) c, vilopaus (sv) c

intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit

Japanese: タイムアウト (taimuauto)
Russian: тайм-а́ут (ru) m (tajm-áut), блокиро́вка по вре́мени f (blokiróvka po vrémeni), лими́т вре́мени m (limít vrémeni)
Swedish: tidsgräns c

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