retardar

v.

1 to delay.

La medicina retarda su aparición The medicine delays its appearance.

2 to thwart.

Elsa retardó los planes Elsa thwarted the plans.

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retardar

► verbo transitivo

1 (detener) to slow down; (retrasar) to delay

2 (posponer) to postpone

► verbo pronominal retardarse

1 to be delayed, be held up, be late

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VT (=frenar) to slow down, slow up; [+ marcha] to hold up; [+ tren] to delay, make late

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verbo transitivo (frenar) to delay, hold up, retard (tech); (posponer) to postpone

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= retard.

Ex. Without the floppy disk, data processing on microcomputers would have been severely retarded.

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* retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.

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verbo transitivo (frenar) to delay, hold up, retard (tech); (posponer) to postpone

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= retard.

Ex: Without the floppy disk, data processing on microcomputers would have been severely retarded.

* retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.

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retardar [A1 ]

vt

1 (frenar) to delay, hold up, retard (tech)

2 (posponer) to postpone

■ retardarse

v pron

to be late

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retardar (conjugate retardar) verbo transitivo (frenar) to delay, hold up, retard (tech);
(posponer) to postpone
retardar vtr (retrasar, posponer) to delay, put off: el mal tiempo retardó nuestra salida, the bad weather delayed our departure
'retardar' also found in these entries:
English:
retard

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retardar

♦ vt

1. [retrasar] to delay

2. [frenar] to hold up, to slow down

♦ See also the pronominal verb retardarse

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retardar

v/t delay

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retardar vt

1) retrasar: to delay, to retard

2) : to postpone