tardio
See also: tardío
Portuguese
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow; late; tardy”). Compare French tardif, Italian tardivo, Romanian târziu, Spanish tardío.
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /taɹ.ˈd͡ʒi.u/, /taɹ.ˈd͡ʒiw/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /taɻ.ˈd͡ʒi.o/, /taɻ.ˈd͡ʒiw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐɾ.ˈði.u/
- Hyphenation: tar‧di‧o
Adjective
tardio m (feminine singular tardia, masculine plural tardios, feminine plural tardias, comparable)
- belated (later in relation to the proper time)
- Synonyms: atrasado, serôdio, tarde
- Antonyms: cedo, precoce
- (botany, of a plant) which flourishes, ripens or fructifies after the usual timespan
- Synonym: serôdio
- Antonym: precoce
- slow (spread over a comparatively long time)
- Synonyms: demorado, lento, moroso, tardo
- Antonym: rápido
- slow (taking a long time to move)
- Synonyms: lento, moroso, vagaroso
- Antonyms: acelerado, rápido, veloz
- late (near the end of a period of time)
- Synonym: final
- Antonym: inicial
Related terms
- tarde
- tardo
Anagrams
- tirado, traído