perder tiempo

waste time

→ perder
phrase Uncommon #18,230
waste time Can also mean “lose time,” especially when referring to a delay or setback.
SP: No quiero perder tiempo esperando.
EN: I don't want to waste time waiting.

Dejemos de perder tiempo.

Let's stop wasting time.

No deberíamos perder tiempo en nimiedades.

We shouldn't waste time on trivialities.

Para no hacerte perder tiempo mi corbata te la traigo yo.

To save you time, I'll bring you my tie.

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

¡Me haces perder tiempo!

You're wasting my time!

— Kung fu (2004)

No vamos a perder tiempo.

We're not going to waste time.

Sólo me hizo perder tiempo.

It only wasted my time.

— Lazzaro felice (2018)

Pero, señorita, para no perder tiempo.

But, miss, so as not to waste time.

— Hoy Quiero Volver Solito (2014)

Solo Dios sabe lo que buscaban, además de hacernos perder tiempo.

Only God knows what they were after, besides wasting our time.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Yo intentaba perder tiempo.

I was trying to waste time.

No hay que perder tiempo.

There's no time to waste.

No le hagas perder tiempo a Tom.

Don’t waste Tom’s time.