tardío

adj.

1 overdue, late, tardy, belated.

2 tardive, appearing late, tending to show up late.

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tardío

► adjetivo

1 late, belated

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FRASEOLOGÍA

fruto tardío late fruit

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ADJ [periodo, producto] late

el Renacimiento tardío — the late Renaissance

la medicina ha sido una vocación tardía — she came to medicine late in life

tener un hijo tardío — to have a child late in life

el interés de los historiadores ha sido relativamente tardío — historians have only relatively recently o lately taken an interest

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-día adjetivo <fruto> late (before n); <decisión/acuerdo> belated

uno de sus poemas tardíos — one of his later poems

tuvo un amor tardío — he had a romance in his later life

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= tardy, belatedly, belated.

Ex. She had, suddenly, a new feeling, like a tardy response to the stimulus of an unfamiliar drug.

Ex. Many government have begun to recognize, rather belatedly, that a nation's economic performance will be affected by new developments in information technology.

Ex. References to Bulgarian authors abroad are limited and belated.

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* aparición tardía = late arrival.

* llegada tardía = late arrival.

* tener un comienzo tardío

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-día adjetivo <fruto> late (before n); <decisión/acuerdo> belated

uno de sus poemas tardíos — one of his later poems

tuvo un amor tardío — he had a romance in his later life

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= tardy, belatedly, belated.

Ex: She had, suddenly, a new feeling, like a tardy response to the stimulus of an unfamiliar drug.

Ex: Many government have begun to recognize, rather belatedly, that a nation's economic performance will be affected by new developments in information technology.

Ex: References to Bulgarian authors abroad are limited and belated.

* aparición tardía = late arrival.

* llegada tardía = late arrival.

* tener un comienzo tardío

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tardío -día

adjective

‹fruto› late (before n), late-ripening; ‹decisión/acuerdo› belated

una de sus obras tardías one of his later works

tuvo un amor tardío he had a romance in his later life o (liter) in his twilight years

tuvieron un hijo tardío they had a child late in life

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tardío,-a adjetivo
1 (un fruto) late
2 (una vocación, un acuerdo, etc) late, belated
'tardío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tardía
English:
belated
- late

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tardío, -a adj

1. [que ocurre demasiado o muy tarde] [decisión, medidas, respuesta] belated;

[fruto] late, late-ripening;

el nuestro fue un amor tardío ours was a late-blossoming romance;

tendremos un otoño tardío Br autumn o US fall will be late this year

2. [de la última época] late;

sus novelas tardías son las mejores her late novels are the best ones;

latín tardío Late Latin

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tardío

adj fruto, primavera late; decisión belated;

es un escritor de vocación tardía he is a writer who found his calling late in life

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tardío, -día adj

: late, tardy