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See also: tardó, tardò, and tardo-

English

Etymology

Spanish tardo (“slow”), from Latin tardus.

Noun

tardo (plural tardos)

  1. (archaic) A sloth.
    • 1881, Lippincott's magazine: Volume 27:
      On my last trip to Vera Cruz I procured a pair of black tardos, full-grown and in a normal state of health […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tardo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Catalan

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Galician

Etymology 1

From the same origin that trasno (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tardo m (plural tardos)

  1. (folklore) nightmare (goblin who plagues people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation)
    Synonym: pesadelo

References

Etymology 2

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.do/
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: tàr‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tardus.

Adjective

tardo (feminine tarda, masculine plural tardi, feminine plural tarde)

  1. slow, sluggard, dull, slow-witted, dull-witted
  2. late, tardy
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
  • tardo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardare

Latin

Etymology

From tardus.

Pronunciation

Verb

tardō (present infinitive tardāre, perfect active tardāvī, supine tardātum); first conjugation

  1. to check or retard, hinder, impede or delay
    Synonyms: refrēnō, dētineō, reprimō, officiō, cohibeō, obstō, intersaepiō, prohibeō, impediō, arceō, perimō, moror
  2. to hesitate
    Synonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, trahō, dubitō
    Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tardō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tardō tardās tardat tardāmus tardātis tardant
imperfect tardābam tardābās tardābat tardābāmus tardābātis tardābant
future tardābō tardābis tardābit tardābimus tardābitis tardābunt
perfect tardāvī tardāvistī tardāvit tardāvimus tardāvistis tardāvērunt,
tardāvēre
pluperfect tardāveram tardāverās tardāverat tardāverāmus tardāverātis tardāverant
future perfect tardāverō tardāveris tardāverit tardāverimus tardāveritis tardāverint
passive present tardor tardāris,
tardāre 		tardātur tardāmur tardāminī tardantur
imperfect tardābar tardābāris,
tardābāre 		tardābātur tardābāmur tardābāminī tardābantur
future tardābor tardāberis,
tardābere 		tardābitur tardābimur tardābiminī tardābuntur
perfect tardātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tardātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tardātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tardem tardēs tardet tardēmus tardētis tardent
imperfect tardārem tardārēs tardāret tardārēmus tardārētis tardārent
perfect tardāverim tardāverīs tardāverit tardāverīmus tardāverītis tardāverint
pluperfect tardāvissem tardāvissēs tardāvisset tardāvissēmus tardāvissētis tardāvissent
passive present tarder tardēris,
tardēre 		tardētur tardēmur tardēminī tardentur
imperfect tardārer tardārēris,
tardārēre 		tardārētur tardārēmur tardārēminī tardārentur
perfect tardātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tardātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tardā — — tardāte —
future — tardātō tardātō — tardātōte tardantō
passive present — tardāre — — tardāminī —
future — tardātor tardātor — — tardantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tardāre tardāvisse tardātūrum esse tardārī tardātum esse tardātum īrī
participles tardāns — tardātūrus — tardātus tardandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tardandī tardandō tardandum tardandō tardātum tardātū

Related terms

Descendants

Adjective

tardō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tardus

References

  • “tardo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tardo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tardo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: tar‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin tardus.

Adjective

tardo (feminine tarda, masculine plural tardos, feminine plural tardas)

  1. sluggish, lazy
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾdo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾdo
  • Syllabification: tar‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin tardus, possibly borrowed. First attested 15th century.

Adjective

tardo (feminine tarda, masculine plural tardos, feminine plural tardas)

  1. tardy, late
    Synonym: atrasado
  2. slow, sluggish
    Synonym: lento
  3. dim-witted
    Synonym: cortito
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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