tardar. 'tardar'. This verb means 'to delay, take long'. For example, 'el tren se tardó doce horas en llegar a Roma' / 'The train was delayed for 12 hours before arriving in Rome.'. Tardar.
tardar intransitive verbto take (llevar tiempo)- tardó un año en hacerlo -> she took a year to do it
- tardó en darse cuenta -> it took him a while o he took a while to realize
- ¿cuánto tardarás (en hacerlo)? -> how long will you be (doing it)?, how long will it take you (to do it)?
to be late (retrasarse);
to be slow (ser lento)- tardar en hacer algo -> to take a long time to do something
- no tardará en llegar -> he won't be long (in coming)
- ahora vuelvo, no tardo -> I'll be back in a minute, I won't be long
- no tardaron en hacerlo -> they were quick to do it
- a más tardar -> at the latest
- sin tardar -> promptly
tardarse
pronomial verb also: - no me tardaré -> I won't be long (Mexican Spanish)
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tardar [tar-dar’]verb neuter & verb reflexiveTo delay (retardarse), to put off, to take, to dally, A más tardar, at the latest, no later than. (n)- Aquí tardan mucho -> they are very slow here
- Escribiré sin tardar -> I'll write without delay
- Tardará dos horas -> he’ll take two hours
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tardar
verbo:transitivo
he tardado un poco debido a la lluvia I'm a bit late because of the rain; tardamos tres horas de Granada a Córdoba it took us o we took three hours to get from Granada to Córdoba; ¿cuánto se tarda? how long does it take?
aquí tardan mucho en servirte the service is very slow here; they take a long time to serve you here tardó tres horas en encontrarlo it took him three hours to find it; he spent three hours looking for it; tardó mucho en repararlo he took a long time to repair it
¿cuánto tardaremos en terminarlo?
verbo:intransitivo
vete a buscarlo, pero no tardes go and fetch it, but don't be long; te espero a las ocho, no tardes I expect you at eight, don't be late
tardar en hacer algo tardó en llegar it was late in arriving; tarda en hacer efecto it takes a while to take effect; it doesn't take effect immediately; no tarde usted en informarme please tell me as soon as you know; el público no tardó en reaccionar the spectators were not slow o were quick to react
a más tardar at the latest a las ocho a más tardar at eight o'clock at the latest
sin tardar without delay
a todo tardar at the latest
verbo:pronominal
tardarse (México) to be long; take a long time no me tardo I won't be long; I won't take long
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Verb Conjugations for "tardar"
(go to to be late)
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