tardado

adj.

lengthy, time-consuming.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: tardar.

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ADJ Méx slow, time-consuming

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-da adjetivo (Méx) <proceso/tarea> time-consuming; <persona> slow

qué tardado! — what a slowpoke! (AmE colloq), slow coach (BrE colloq)

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-da adjetivo (Méx) <proceso/tarea> time-consuming; <persona> slow

qué tardado! — what a slowpoke! (AmE colloq), slow coach (BrE colloq)

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tardado -da

adjective

(Méx) lengthy, time-consuming

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Del verbo tardar: (conjugate tardar)

tardado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
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tardar
tardado

◊ -da adjetivo (Méx) ‹proceso/tarea› time-consuming;

‹persona› slow
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 tardadoá en llegar it'll be a while yet before he gets here;
no tardadoon en detenerlo it didn't take them long to arrest him
tardarse verbo pronominal (Méx, Ven) See Also→ tardar vt, vi
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

'tardado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tardar
- cuánto