tardare

See also: tardaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tardāre (“to delay”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tardàre (first-person singular present tàrdo, first-person singular past historic tardài, past participle tardàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive when the subject is a person) avére or (intransitive when the subject is a thing) èssere)

1. (intransitive) to be late, to delay (of a person) [auxiliary avere]
2. (intransitive) to arrive late [auxiliary avere]
3. (intransitive, literary) to be late (of a thing) [auxiliary essere]
4. (impersonal, literary) to seem late (said of something that is eagerly awaited) [auxiliary essere]
5. (transitive, literary) to delay

   Synonym: ritardare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tardàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	tardàre
auxiliary verb		avére1, èssere2	gerund		tardàndo
present participle		tardànte	past participle		tardàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tàrdo	tàrdi	tàrda	tardiàmo	tardàte	tàrdano
imperfect	tardàvo	tardàvi	tardàva	tardavàmo	tardavàte	tardàvano
past historic	tardài	tardàsti	tardò	tardàmmo	tardàste	tardàrono
future	tarderò	tarderài	tarderà	tarderémo	tarderéte	tarderànno
conditional	tarderèi	tarderésti	tarderèbbe, tarderébbe	tarderémmo	tarderéste	tarderèbbero, tarderébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tàrdi	tàrdi	tàrdi	tardiàmo	tardiàte	tàrdino
imperfect	tardàssi	tardàssi	tardàsse	tardàssimo	tardàste	tardàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tàrda	tàrdi	tardiàmo	tardàte	tàrdino
negative imperative		non tardàre	non tàrdi	non tardiàmo	non tardàte	non tàrdino

¹Transitive or intransitive when the subject is a person.
²Intransitive when the subject is a thing.

Related terms

• tardi
• tardivo
• tardo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• derrata, tarderà

Latin

Verb

tardāre

1. inflection of tardō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

tardare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tardar