tardar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tardar, from Latin tardāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tərˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taɾˈðaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to wait; to delay

   Synonym: trigar

   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

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

     If it is like this, it seems to me that mine won't delay in presenting itself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tardar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tardar
gerund			tardant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tardat		tardada
		plural		tardats		tardades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tardo	tardes	tarda	tardem	tardeu	tarden
	imperfect	tardava	tardaves	tardava	tardàvem	tardàveu	tardaven
	future	tardaré	tardaràs	tardarà	tardarem	tardareu	tardaran
	preterite	tardí	tardares	tardà	tardàrem	tardàreu	tardaren
	conditional	tardaria	tardaries	tardaria	tardaríem	tardaríeu	tardarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tardi	tardis	tardi	tardem	tardeu	tardin
	imperfect	tardés	tardessis	tardés	tardéssim	tardéssiu	tardessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tarda	tardi	tardem	tardeu	tardin
	negative (no)	—	no tardis	no tardi	no tardem	no tardeu	no tardin

Derived terms

• tardança
• tardaner

Related terms

• tard
• tarda
• tardor

References

• “tardar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tardar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tardo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tar‧dar

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself

   Non tarda o que ven, se o que espera paciencia ten (proverb) ― The one who comes is not late if the one who awaits has patience

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tardar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tardar
Personal	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardaren
Gerund
	tardando
Past participle
Masculine	tardado			tardados
Feminine	tardada			tardadas
Indicative
Present	tardo	tardas	tarda	tardamos	tardades	tardan
Imperfect	tardaba	tardabas	tardaba	tardabamos	tardabades	tardaban
Preterite	tardei	tardaches	tardou	tardamos	tardastes	tardaron
Pluperfect	tardara	tardaras	tardara	tardaramos	tardarades	tardaran
Future	tardarei	tardarás	tardará	tardaremos	tardaredes	tardarán
Conditional	tardaría	tardarías	tardaría	tardariamos	tardariades	tardarían
Subjunctive
Present	tarde	tardes	tarde	tardemos	tardedes	tarden
Imperfect	tardase	tardases	tardase	tardásemos	tardásedes	tardasen
Future	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardaren
Imperative
Affirmative		tarda	tarde	tardemos	tardade	tarden
Negative (non)		non tardes	non tarde	non tardemos	non tardedes	non tarden

    Reintegrated conjugation of tardar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tardar
Personal	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardarem
Gerund
	tardando
Past participle
Masculine	tardado			tardados
Feminine	tardada			tardadas
Indicative
Present	tardo	tardas	tarda	tardamos	tardades, tardais	tardam
Imperfect	tardava	tardavas	tardava	tardávamos	tardávades, tardáveis, tardávais1	tardavam
Preterite	tardei	tardaste, tardache1	tardou	tardamos	tardastes	tardárom, tardaram
Pluperfect	tardara	tardaras	tardara	tardáramos	tardárades, tardáreis, tardárais1	tardaram
Future	tardarei	tardarás	tardará	tardaremos	tardaredes, tardareis	tardarám, tardarão
Conditional	tardaria	tardarias	tardaria	tardaríamos	tardaríades, tardaríeis, tardaríais1	tardariam
Subjunctive
Present	tarde	tardes	tarde	tardemos	tardedes, tardeis	tardem
Imperfect	tardasse	tardasses	tardasse	tardássemos	tardássedes, tardásseis	tardassem
Future	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tarda	tarde	tardemos	tardade, tardai	tardem
Negative (nom)		nom tardes	nom tarde	nom tardemos	nom tardedes, nom tardeis	nom tardem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• retardar
• tardanza
• tarde
• tardío

Noun

tardar m (plural tardares)

1. delay

   Synonyms: demora, espera, tardanza

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tardar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tardar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tardar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tardar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tardar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tardar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tardar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Verb

tardar

1. to dawdle

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tardāre (“to delay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɾ.ˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

tardar

1. (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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

   Synonym: demorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tardar

infinitive				tardar
gerund		simple		tardando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		tardado		tardados
		feminine		tardada		tardadas
present participle				tardante		tardantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	tardo	tardas	tarda	tardamos	tardades	tardan
	imperfect	tardava	tardavas	tardava	tardavamos, tardávamos	tardavades, tardávades	tardavan
	preterite	tardei	tardaste, tardasche, tardache	tardou	tardamos	tardastes	tardaron
	pluperfect	tardara	tardaras	tardara	tardaramos, tardáramos	tardarades, tardárades	tardaran
	future	tardarei	tardarás	tardará	tardaremos	tardaredes	tardarán
	conditional	tardaria	tardarias	tardaria	tardariamos, tardaríamos	tardariades, tardaríades	tardarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	tarde	tardes	tarde	tardemos	tardedes	tarden
	imperfect	tardasse	tardasses	tardasse	tardassemos, tardássemos	tardassedes, tardássedes	tardassen
	future	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	tarda	tarde	tardemos	tardade	—
negative		—	non tardes	non tarde	non tardemos	non tardedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

• Galician: tardar
• Portuguese: tardar

Noun

tardar m (plural tardares)

1. a delay

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tardar, from Latin tardāre (“to delay”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan tardar, French tarder, and Italian tardare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /taɾˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taɻˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐɾˈdaɾ/ [tɐɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐɾˈdaɾ/ [tɐɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [tɐɾˈða.ɾi]

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [tɐɹˈda]
• Hyphenation: tar‧dar

Verb

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

1. to be late; to delay oneself

   Synonym: demorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tardar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tardar
Personal	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardarem
Gerund
	tardando
Past participle
Masculine	tardado			tardados
Feminine	tardada			tardadas
Indicative
Present	tardo	tardas	tarda	tardamos	tardais	tardam
Imperfect	tardava	tardavas	tardava	tardávamos	tardáveis	tardavam
Preterite	tardei	tardaste	tardou	tardamos1, tardámos2	tardastes	tardaram
Pluperfect	tardara	tardaras	tardara	tardáramos	tardáreis	tardaram
Future	tardarei	tardarás	tardará	tardaremos	tardareis	tardarão
Conditional	tardaria	tardarias	tardaria	tardaríamos	tardaríeis	tardariam
Subjunctive
Present	tarde	tardes	tarde	tardemos	tardeis	tardem
Imperfect	tardasse	tardasses	tardasse	tardássemos	tardásseis	tardassem
Future	tardar	tardares	tardar	tardarmos	tardardes	tardarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tarda	tarde	tardemos	tardai	tardem
Negative (não)		não tardes	não tarde	não tardemos	não tardeis	não tardem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• o mais tardar
• tardar a
• sem mais tardar

Related terms

• tarde
• tardio
• tardo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tardar, from Latin tardāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tar‧dar

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

    Conjugation of tardar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tardar
gerund			tardando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tardado		tardada
		plural		tardados		tardadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tardo	tardastú tardásvos	tarda	tardamos	tardáis	tardan
	imperfect	tardaba	tardabas	tardaba	tardábamos	tardabais	tardaban
	preterite	tardé	tardaste	tardó	tardamos	tardasteis	tardaron
	future	tardaré	tardarás	tardará	tardaremos	tardaréis	tardarán
	conditional	tardaría	tardarías	tardaría	tardaríamos	tardaríais	tardarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tarde	tardestú tardésvos2	tarde	tardemos	tardéis	tarden
	imperfect (ra)	tardara	tardaras	tardara	tardáramos	tardarais	tardaran
	imperfect (se)	tardase	tardases	tardase	tardásemos	tardaseis	tardasen
	future1	tardare	tardares	tardare	tardáremos	tardareis	tardaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tardatú tardávos	tarde	tardemos	tardad	tarden
	negative		no tardes	no tarde	no tardemos	no tardéis	no tarden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tardar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tardar	dative	tardarme	tardarte	tardarle, tardarse	tardarnos	tardaros	tardarles, tardarse
	accusative	tardarme	tardarte	tardarlo, tardarla, tardarse	tardarnos	tardaros	tardarlos, tardarlas, tardarse
with gerund tardando	dative	tardándome	tardándote	tardándole, tardándose	tardándonos	tardándoos	tardándoles, tardándose
	accusative	tardándome	tardándote	tardándolo, tardándola, tardándose	tardándonos	tardándoos	tardándolos, tardándolas, tardándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tarda	dative	tárdame	tárdate	tárdale	tárdanos	not used	tárdales
	accusative	tárdame	tárdate	tárdalo, tárdala	tárdanos	not used	tárdalos, tárdalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tardá	dative	tardame	tardate	tardale	tardanos	not used	tardales
	accusative	tardame	tardate	tardalo, tardala	tardanos	not used	tardalos, tardalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tarde	dative	tárdeme	not used	tárdele, tárdese	tárdenos	not used	tárdeles
	accusative	tárdeme	not used	tárdelo, tárdela, tárdese	tárdenos	not used	tárdelos, tárdelas
with first-person plural imperative tardemos	dative	not used	tardémoste	tardémosle	tardémonos	tardémoos	tardémosles
	accusative	not used	tardémoste	tardémoslo, tardémosla	tardémonos	tardémoos	tardémoslos, tardémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tardad	dative	tardadme	not used	tardadle	tardadnos	tardaos	tardadles
	accusative	tardadme	not used	tardadlo, tardadla	tardadnos	tardaos	tardadlos, tardadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tarden	dative	tárdenme	not used	tárdenle	tárdennos	not used	tárdenles, tárdense
	accusative	tárdenme	not used	tárdenlo, tárdenla	tárdennos	not used	tárdenlos, tárdenlas, tárdense

Related terms

• tarde
• tardío
• tardo

Further reading

• “tardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10