ritardare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin retardāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.tarˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tar‧dà‧re

Verb

ritardàre (first-person singular present ritàrdo, first-person singular past historic ritardài, past participle ritardàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to delay, to defer, to hold up
  2. (transitive) to retard, to slow down
  3. (intransitive) to delay
  4. (intransitive) to be late
  5. (intransitive) to be slow (of a clock)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • ritardare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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