tardo
English
Etymology
Spanish tardo (“slow”), from Latin tardus.
Noun
tardo (plural tardos)
- (archaic) A sloth.
- 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 […]
- 1881, Lippincott's magazine: Volume 27
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tardo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Dorta, Troad, dotar, troad
Catalan
Verb
tardo
- first-person singular present indicative form of tardar
Galician
Etymology
From the same origin that trasno (“goblin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtaɾðʊ]
Noun
tardo m (plural tardos)
- (folklore) nightmare (goblin who plagues people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation)
- Synonym: pesadelo
References
- “tardo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tardo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tardo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtar.do/
- Rhymes: -ardo
- Hyphenation: tàr‧do
Etymology 1
From Latin tardus.
Adjective
tardo (feminine tarda, masculine plural tardi, feminine plural tarde)
- slow, sluggard, dull, slow-witted, dull-witted
- late, tardy
Derived terms
- tardamente
Related terms
- tardare
- tarde
- tardivo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tardo
- first-person singular present indicative of tardare
Latin
Etymology
From tardus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.doː/, [ˈt̪ärd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.do/, [ˈt̪ärd̪o]
Verb
tardō (present infinitive tardāre, perfect active tardāvī, supine tardātum); first conjugation
- I check or retard, hinder, impede or delay
- Synonyms: refrēnō, dētineō, reprimō, officiō, cohibeō, obstō, intersaepiō, prohibeō, impediō, arceō, perimō, moror
- I hesitate
- Synonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, trahō, dubitō
- Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
Conjugation
Conjugation of tardō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | tardō | tardās | tardat | tardāmus | tardātis | tardant |
imperfect | tardābam | tardābās | tardābat | tardābāmus | tardābātis | tardābant | |
future | tardābō | tardābis | tardābit | tardābimus | tardābitis | tardābunt | |
perfect | tardāvī | tardāvistī | tardāvit | tardāvimus | tardāvistis | tardāvērunt, tardāvēre | |
pluperfect | tardāveram | tardāverās | tardāverat | tardāverāmus | tardāverātis | tardāverant | |
future perfect | tardāverō | tardāveris | tardāverit | tardāverimus | tardāveritis | tardāverint | |
passive | present | tardor | tardāris, tardāre | tardātur | tardāmur | tardāminī | tardantur |
imperfect | tardābar | tardābāris, tardābāre | tardābātur | tardābāmur | tardābāminī | tardābantur | |
future | tardābor | tardāberis, tardābere | tardābitur | tardābimur | tardābiminī | tardābuntur | |
perfect | tardātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | tardātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | tardātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | tardem | tardēs | tardet | tardēmus | tardētis | tardent |
imperfect | tardārem | tardārēs | tardāret | tardārēmus | tardārētis | tardārent | |
perfect | tardāverim | tardāverīs | tardāverit | tardāverīmus | tardāverītis | tardāverint | |
pluperfect | tardāvissem | tardāvissēs | tardāvisset | tardāvissēmus | tardāvissētis | tardāvissent | |
passive | present | tarder | tardēris, tardēre | tardētur | tardēmur | tardēminī | tardentur |
imperfect | tardārer | tardārēris, tardārēre | tardārētur | tardārēmur | tardārēminī | tardārentur | |
perfect | tardātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | tardātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | tardā | — | — | tardāte | — |
future | — | tardātō | tardātō | — | tardātōte | tardantō | |
passive | present | — | tardāre | — | — | tardāminī | — |
future | — | tardātor | tardātor | — | — | tardantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | tardāre | tardāvisse | tardātūrum esse | tardārī | tardātum esse | tardātum īrī | |
participles | tardāns | — | tardātūrus | — | tardātus | tardandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
tardandī | tardandō | tardandum | tardandō | tardātum | tardātū |
Related terms
- tardus
Descendants
- Catalan: tardar
- French: tarder
- Galician: tardar
- Italian: tardare
- Occitan: tardar
- Piedmontese: tardé
- Portuguese: tardar
- Spanish: tardar
Adjective
tardō
- 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
Etymology 1
From Latin tardus.
Adjective
tardo (feminine tarda, masculine plural tardos, feminine plural tardas)
- sluggish, lazy
Related terms
- tardar
- tarde
- tardio
Verb
tardo
- 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)
- tardy, late
- slow, sluggish
- dim-witted
Related terms
- tardar
- tarde
- tardío
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tardo
- first-person singular present indicative of tardar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “tardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014