tardar

Catalan

Etymology

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

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
   • 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

Related terms

• tard
• tarda
• tardor

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Interlingua

Verb

tardar

1. to dawdle

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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 CE, 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

Synonyms

• demorar

Descendants

• Portuguese: tardar

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐɾˈdaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [taχˈdaχ]
• IPA^(key): [taɾˈdaɾ], [tarˈdaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [tɐɹˈda]

Verb

1. to be late; to delay oneself

Synonyms

• demorar

Derived terms

• o mais tardar
• tardar a
• sem mais tardar

Related terms

• tarde
• tardio
• tardo

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Related terms

• tarde
• tardío
• tardo