tardo

See also: tardó, tardò, and tardo-

English

Etymology

From 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• Dorta, Troad, dotar, troad

Catalan

Verb

tardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾdo/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tardar.

Adjective

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

1. slow, unhurried, calm

   Synonyms: calmo, pousado, vagaroso

2. late, tardy

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tardo m (plural tardos)

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

   Synonym: pesadelo

Etymology 3

Verb

tardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• tardamente

Related terms

• tardare
• tarde
• tardi
• tardivo

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.doː/, [ˈt̪ärd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.do/, [ˈt̪ärd̪o]

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

• tardus

Descendants

• Catalan: tardar
• French: tarder
• Italian: tardare
• Occitan: tardar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tardar
  • Galician: tardar
  • Portuguese: tardar
• Piedmontese: tardé
• Spanish: tardar

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.du/ [ˈtaɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.du/ [ˈtaɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾ.du/ [ˈtaɾ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: tar‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin tardus.

Adjective

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

1. sluggish, lazy

Related terms

• tardar
• tarde
• tardio

Etymology 2

Verb

tardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾdo/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞o]
• 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

• tardar
• tarde
• tardío

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Further reading

• “tardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10