ritardare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri.tarˈda.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ri‧tar‧dà‧re
Verb
ritardàre (first-person singular present ritàrdo, first-person singular past historic ritardài, past participle ritardàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to delay, to defer, to hold up
- (transitive) to retard, to slow down
- (intransitive) to delay
- (intransitive) to be late
- (intransitive) to be slow (of a clock)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ritardàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
- ritardamento
- ritardanza
- ritardatario
- ritardativo
- ritardato
- ritardazione
- ritardista
- ritardo
Further reading
- ritardare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana