tardo
Portuguese, adjective/ˈtaʁ.du/
tardo is spelled T-A-R-D-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tardo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sluggish, lazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tardar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “serôdio”.
What does tardo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sluggish, lazy
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tardar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. serôdio 2. preguiçoso 3. que caminha lentamente 4. que tem dificuldades para compreender e para falar
noun: 1. pesadelo
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 tardo
- tarda feminine
- tardos masculine plural
- tardas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tardo?
- Brazil /ˈtaʁ.du/
- Brazil [ˈtaɦ.du]
- /ˈtaɾ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tardo in Portuguese?
tardo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).