retardo
Spanish, noun
retardo is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retardo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “delay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retardar. With an accent, retardó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of retardar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Demora, tardanza”.
What does retardo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelay
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retardar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of retardar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Demora, tardanza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retardo
- retardos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to retardo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retardo in Spanish?
retardo appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).