tardaste

/[t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,959

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

tardaste is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tardar. Pronounced [t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e].

Key facts for tardaste
PropertyValue
Headwordtardaste
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tardaste in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tardaste is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,959 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tardar.".

No misspelling variants are generated for tardaste in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tardaste, spelled T-A-R-D-A-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tardar.

Frequency rank: #51,959 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tardaste"?
"tardaste" is spelled T-A-R-D-A-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e].
What does "tardaste" mean?
As a verb, "tardaste" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tardar.
How do you pronounce "tardaste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tardaste" is [t̪aɾˈð̞ast̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tardaste" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.