tardar

Inherited from Old Catalan tardar, from Latin tardāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tərˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taɾˈðaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardí, past participle tardat)

1. (intransitive) to wait; to delay

   Synonym: trigar

   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Si és així, em sembla que la meva no tardará a presentar-se.

     If it is like this, it seems to me that mine won't delay in presenting itself

• tardança
• tardaner

• tard
• tarda
• tardor

• “tardar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tardar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tardo.

• IPA^(key): /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tar‧dar

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardei, past participle tardado)

1. (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself

   Non tarda o que ven, se o que espera paciencia ten (proverb) ― The one who comes is not late if the one who awaits has patience

tardar m (plural tardares)

1. delay

   Synonyms: demora, espera, tardanza

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tardar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tardar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tardar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tardar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tardar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tardar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tardar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tardar

1. to dawdle

Inherited from Latin tardāre (“to delay”).

• IPA^(key): /taɾ.ˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

tardar

1. (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

   Synonym: demorar

• Galician: tardar
• Portuguese: tardar

tardar m (plural tardares)

1. a delay

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tardar, from Latin tardāre (“to delay”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan tardar, French tarder, and Italian tardare.

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [tɐɹˈda]
• Hyphenation: tar‧dar

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardei, past participle tardado)

1. to be late; to delay oneself

   Synonym: demorar

• o mais tardar
• tardar a
• sem mais tardar

• tarde
• tardio
• tardo

Inherited from Old Spanish tardar, from Latin tardāre.

• IPA^(key): /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tar‧dar

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardé, past participle tardado)

1. to delay
2. to last
3. to be late

• “tardar”, 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