awhile

for a short time, especially in the past or future

durante un rato, por un tiempo

• stay awhile

Collocations wait a while · sit a while

• Let's sit and talk for a while.

  Quédate un rato y hablamos.

for a short period of time, used after verbs such as 'wait', 'stay', or 'sit'

durante un rato, por un tiempo

• wait a while

Collocations wait a while for sb/sth · stay a while with sb

• We waited a while before leaving.

  Esperamos un rato antes de irnos.