tardar
Portuguese, verb/taʁˈda(ʁ)/
tardar is spelled T-A-R-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tardar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be late; to delay oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adiar demorar, procrastinar”.
What does tardar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be late; to delay oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. adiar demorar, procrastinar 2. demorar-se 3. proceder lentamente 4. não ter pressa; chegar tarde
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tardar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tardar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo tardar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo tardar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tardar
- tardo first-person present singular
- tardei first-person preterite singular
- tardado participle past
- tardares infinitive second-person singular
- tardarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tardardes infinitive plural second-person
- tardarem infinitive plural third-person
- tardando gerund
- tardados masculine participle past
- tardada feminine participle past
- tardadas feminine participle past
- tardas indicative present second-person
- tarda indicative present singular
- tardamos first-person indicative plural
- tardais indicative plural present
- tardam indicative plural present
- tardava first-person imperfect indicative
- tardavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tardar?
- Brazil /taʁˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [taɦˈda(h)]
- /taɾˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tardar in Portuguese?
tardar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).