# tardar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tardar, from Latin tardāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

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

#### Derived terms

* tardança
* tardaner

#### Related terms

* tard
* tarda
* tardor

### References

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: tar‧dar

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* retardar
* tardanza
* tarde
* tardío

### Noun

tardar m (plural tardares)
* delay
    Synonyms: demora, espera, tardanza

### References

* 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: ILG
* 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

## Interlingua
### Verb

tardar
* to dawdle

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tardāre (“to delay”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾ.ˈdaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

tardar
* (intransitive) to be late; to delay oneself
** 13th century CE, 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

#### Descendants

* Galician: tardar
* Portuguese: tardar

### Noun

tardar m (plural tardares)
* a delay

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taɦˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taɦˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /taɾˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /taʁˈda(ʁ)/ [taʁˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /taɻˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐɾˈdaɾ/ [tɐɾˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐɾˈdaɾ/ [tɐɾˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [tɐɾˈða.ɾi]
* (Caipira) IPA: [tɐɹˈda]
* Hyphenation: tar‧dar

### Verb

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardei, past participle tardado)
* to be late; to delay oneself
    Synonym: demorar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* o mais tardar
* tardar a
* sem mais tardar

#### Related terms

* tarde
* tardio
* tardo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tardar, from Latin tardāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾˈdaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tar‧dar

### Verb

tardar (first-person singular present tardo, first-person singular preterite tardé, past participle tardado)
* to delay
* to last
* to be late

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* tarde
* tardío
* tardo

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10