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tardar ‎(first-person singular present tardo, past participle tardat)

1. (intransitive) to wait; to delay
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Si és així, em sembla que la meva no tardará a presentar-se.

Conjugation

Interlingua

Verb

tardar

1. to dawdle

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō ‎(“I delay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aɾ.ˈd̪aɾ/

Verb

tardar

1. (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Synonyms

• demorar

Descendants

• Portuguese: tardar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tardar, from Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō ‎(“I delay”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [tɐɾˈdaɾ]
• (Rio De Janeiro) IPA^(key): [taχˈdaχ]
• (São Paulo) IPA^(key): [taɾˈdaɾ], [tarˈdaɾ]
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [tɐɹˈda]

Verb

tardar ‎(first-person singular present indicative tardo, past participle tardado)

1. to be late; to delay oneself

Synonyms

• demorar

Derived terms

• o mais tardar
• tardar a
• sem mais tardar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō ‎(“I delay”).

Verb

tardar ‎(first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardé, past participle tardado)

1. to delay
2. to last
3. to be late

Conjugation