tardio
Portuguese, adjective/taʁˈd͡ʒi.u/
tardio is spelled T-A-R-D-I-O (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tardio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “belated (later in relation to the proper time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que chega tarde ou que vem fora do tempo próprio”.
What does tardio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
belated (later in relation to the proper time)
- 2
which flourishes, ripens or fructifies after the usual timespan
- 3
slow (spread over a comparatively long time)
- 4
slow (taking a long time to move)
- 5
late (near the end of a period of time)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que chega tarde ou que vem fora do tempo próprio
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 tardio
- tardia feminine
- tardios masculine plural
- tardias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tardio?
- Brazil /taʁˈd͡ʒi.u/
- Brazil [taɦˈd͡ʒi.u]
- Brazil /taʁˈd͡ʒiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tardio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tardio in Portuguese?
tardio appears 1.6 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).