tardanza

f.

1 lateness.

2 delay.

3 slowness, lateness, tardiness, dilatoriness.

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tardanza

► nombre femenino

1 delay

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SF

1) (=demora) delay

2) (=lentitud) slowness

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femenino delay

sin tardanza — without delay

perdona la tardanza en contestar — forgive my delay in replying

me preocupa su tardanza — I'm worried that he's so late

su tardanza se debió a ... — his lateness was due to ...

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= tardiness, lateness.

Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

Ex. This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.

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femenino delay

sin tardanza — without delay

perdona la tardanza en contestar — forgive my delay in replying

me preocupa su tardanza — I'm worried that he's so late

su tardanza se debió a ... — his lateness was due to ...

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= tardiness, lateness.

Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

Ex: This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.

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tardanza

feminine

me preocupa su tardanza I'm worried that he's so late

explicó que su tardanza se debió a una avería he explained that his lateness was due to a breakdown, he explained that he was late because of a breakdown

¿a qué se deberá tanta tardanza ? I wonder why he's/they're taking so long

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tardanza sustantivo femenino
delay;

◊ sin tardanza without delay;

perdona la tardanza en contestar forgive my delay in replying;
me preocupa su tardanza I'm worried that he's so late;
su tardanza se debió a … his lateness was due to …
tardanza sustantivo femenino delay

'tardanza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
disculpar
English:
delay

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tardanza nf

lateness;

disculpen mi tardanza I'm sorry I'm late;

me extraña su tardanza I'm surprised she's late

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tardanza

f delay

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tardanza nf

: lateness, delay