retardar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin retardāre.

Verb

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retardar (first-person singular present retardo, first-person singular preterite retardí, past participle retardat)

  1. to retard, to slow
  2. to defer, to delay

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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From English retard, French retarder, Spanish retardar, Portuguese retardar and Italian ritardare, all ultimately from Latin retardāre.

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Verb

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retardar

  1. (transitive) to slow, to retard
    • 1955 June, Braunsteiner Herbert, Pakesch Franziska, “Electron Microscopy and the Functional Significance of a New Cellular Structure in Plasmocytes: A Review”, in Blood[1], volume 10, number 6, →PMID, pages 650–654:
      Progresso in iste area ha essite retardate per le necessitate de disveloppar nove technicas de fixation, sectionamento, etc., sed istos es nunc si perfectionate que on pote predicer triumphos futur extendite usque al visualisation de structuras molecular intra le cellula.
      Progress in this area has been slowed by the need to develop new techniques of fixation, embedding and sectioning, etc., but they are now, if perfected, such that one could predict future triumphs even as far as the visualization of molecular structures within the cell.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin retardāre.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: re‧tar‧dar

Verb

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retardar (first-person singular present retardo, first-person singular preterite retardei, past participle retardado)

  1. to retard, to slow
  2. to defer, to delay

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin retardāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /retaɾˈdaɾ/ [re.t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧tar‧dar

Verb

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retardar (first-person singular present retardo, first-person singular preterite retardé, past participle retardado)

  1. to retard, to slow
  2. to defer, to delay

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