retardo
See also: retardó
English
Noun
retardo (plural retardos)
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) retard
Catalan
Verb
retardo
- first-person singular present indicative of retardar
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈtar.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈt̪ar.d̪o]
Verb
retardō (present infinitive retardāre, perfect active retardāvī, supine retardātum); first conjugation
- to hinder, delay, detain, impede or retard
- Synonyms: tardō, dētineō, cū̆nctor, moror, prōtrahō, trahō, dubitō, differō
- Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, mātūrō
- 69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 5, 13:
- ...tamen impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos.
- ...nevertheless, they understand the enemies' attacks were hindered and restrained
- ...tamen impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos.
Conjugation
Conjugation of retardō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: retardar
- English: retard
- French: retarder
- Galician: retardar
- Italian: ritardare
- Portuguese: retardar
- Romanian: retarda
- Spanish: retardar
References
- “retardo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “retardo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- retardo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtaʁ.du/ [heˈtaɦ.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtaɾ.du/ [heˈtaɾ.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtaʁ.du/ [χeˈtaʁ.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtaɻ.do/ [heˈtaɻ.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈtaɾ.du/ [ʁɨˈtaɾ.ðu]
Etymology 1
Noun
retardo m (plural retardos)
- retard, retardation (the state of being tardy)
- mental retardation
- (slang, derogatory) behavior perceived as stupid, nonsensical or childish
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
retardo
- first-person singular present indicative of retardar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈtaɾdo/ [reˈt̪aɾ.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
- Syllabification: re‧tar‧do
Etymology 1
Deverbal from retardar.
Noun
retardo m (plural retardos)
- delay
- 2015 July 30, “El número de pobres energéticos en Cataluña sube el 77% en un año”, in El País[1]:
- El porcentaje de personas que sufren retardos en el pago de gastos relacionados con el hogar roza el 10%.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
retardo
- first-person singular present indicative of retardar
Further reading
- “retardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024