about time

English

about time (not comparable)

(idiomatic, often sarcastic) Far past the desired time.
Our food has finally arrived. ― About time too, if you ask me! We've been waiting about 45 minutes for it!
Close to the right time.
It's about time for the wedding to start, let's run to the church.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about,‎ time.

close to the right time

Catalan: ja era hora, ja es hora
Danish: tid (da)
Dutch: ongeveer tijd, haast zover
Finnish: melkein aika
French: enfin (fr), il est grand temps que (literally “It's big time that”) (followed by the present subjunctive)
Hungarian: mindjárt (hu), hamarosan (hu)
Italian: sarebbe ora
Latin: est tempus illud de
Norwegian:
Bokmål: omtrent tiden
Polish: najwyższy czas (pl), o czasie (pl)
Portuguese: quase na hora, está na hora
Russian: давно́ пора́ (davnó porá)
Spanish: es hora, al fin
Swedish: dags (sv)

far past the desired time