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tardo

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See also: tardó, tardò, and tardo-

English

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Etymology

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From Spanish tardo (slow), from Latin tardus.

Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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Catalan

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Verb

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tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from tardar.

Adjective

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

  1. slow, unhurried, calm
    Synonyms: calmo, pousado, vagaroso
  2. late, tardy

Etymology 2

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From the same origin that trasno (goblin).

Noun

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tardo m (plural tardos)

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

References

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin tardus.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardare

Latin

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Etymology

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From tardus.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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   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
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Descendants

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

Adjective

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tardō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tardus

References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tar‧do

Etymology 1

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From Latin tardus.

Adjective

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

  1. sluggish, lazy
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾdo/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾdo
  • Syllabification: tar‧do

Etymology 1

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From Latin tardus, possibly borrowed. First attested 15th century.[1]

Adjective

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

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tardo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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