tardo

See also: tardó, tardò, and tardo-

English

Etymology

From Spanish tardo (slow), from Latin tardus.

Noun

tardo (plural tardos)

  1. (archaic) A sloth (animal).
    • 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 []

References

Anagrams

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

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
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

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, cū̆nctor, moror, trahō, dubitō
    Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: tardar
  • French: tarder
  • Italian: tardare
  • Occitan: tardar
  • Old Galician-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]
  • (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

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.[1]

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tardo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tardar

References

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

Further reading