tardanza

tardanza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tardança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from tardar +‎ -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɾˈðanθa]

Noun

tardanza f (plural tardanzas)

1. delay
   • 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 106:

     Et nõ quiserõ fazer mays tardança, et aparellarõ moy bem suas naues.

     And they don't wanted to do further delay, and they rigged very well their ships

   Synonym: demora

Related terms

• tardar

References

• “tardança” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tardança” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tardanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tardanza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Spanish

Noun

tardanza f (plural tardanzas)

1. tardiness
2. delay

   Synonyms: atraso, demora, retraso

   perdona la tardanza ― sorry for the delay

Derived terms

• sin tardanza

Related terms

• tardar
• tarde

Further reading

• “tardanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014