tarda

adj.

1 slow (lento), sluggish, tardy.

2 dull, inactive, lazy.

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Del verbo tardar: (conjugate tardar)

tarda es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
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tardar
tardar (conjugate tardar) verbo transitivo (emplear cierto tiempo):

◊ está tardando mucho she's taking a long time;

tarda una hora en hacerse it takes about an hour to cook;
tardó un mes en contestar it took him a month to reply;
no tardo ni un minuto I won't be a minute;
¿cuánto se tarda en coche? how long does it take by car?
verbo intransitivo (retrasarse) to be late;

(emplear demasiado tiempo) to take a long time;

◊ empieza a las seis, no tardes it starts at six, don't be late;

parece que tarda he seems to be taking a long time;
¡no tardo! I won't be long!;
aún tardaá en llegar it'll be a while yet before he gets here;
no tardaon en detenerlo it didn't take them long to arrest him
tardarse verbo pronominal (Méx, Ven) See Also→ tardar vt, vi
tardo,-a adjetivo
1 (lento) slow
2 (persona) pey thick
tardar verbo intransitivo
1 (un tiempo determinado) to take time: ¿cuánto se tarda de aquí a Madrid?, how long does it take from here to Madrid?
no tardó mucho, it didn't take long
tardé dos horas en acabarlo, it took me two hours to finish it
2 (demasiado tiempo) to take a long time: tardaron en abrir la puerta, they took a long time to open the door
he tardado por culpa del tráfico, I'm late because of the traffic
no tardes, don't be long
♦ Locuciones: a más tardar, at the latest

'tarda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
metabolizar
- metabolizarse
- tardar
- arreglar
English:
disproportionate
- take
- second