tardar

/taɾˈdaɾ/, [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]

be late, delay, take

Gerund: tardando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	tardado	tardada
Plural	tardados	tardadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	tardo	tardaba	tardé	tardaré	tardaría
tú	tardas	tardabas	tardaste	tardarás	tardarías
él/ella/Ud.	tarda	tardaba	tardó	tardará	tardaría
nosotros	tardamos	tardábamos	tardamos	tardaremos	tardaríamos
vosotros	tardáis	tardabais	tardasteis	tardaréis	tardaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	tardan	tardaban	tardaron	tardarán	tardarían
vos	tardás	tardabas	tardaste	tardarás	tardarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	tarde	tardara	tardase	tardare
tú	tardes	tardaras	tardases	tardares
él/ella/Ud.	tarde	tardara	tardase	tardare
nosotros	tardemos	tardáramos	tardásemos	tardáremos
vosotros	tardéis	tardarais	tardaseis	tardareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	tarden	tardaran	tardasen	tardaren
vos	tardés	tardaras	tardases	tardares

Imperative

Examples

Podría tardar unos días en llegar el dinero a su destino.

The money could take days to arrive at its destination.

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¿Cuánto sueles tardar en desayunar?

How much time does it usually take you to eat breakfast?

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Debes estar de vuelta el domingo a más tardar.

You must be back on Sunday at the latest.

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¿Cuánto tiempo va a tardar?

How long will this take?

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Favor de entregar los trabajos a más tardar el último día de este mes.

Please hand in your papers by the last day of this month.

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Ven aquí a más tardar a las diez.

Come here by ten at the latest.

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Voy a tardar al menos dos horas para envolver todos estos regalos de Navidad.

I'll spend at least two hours wrapping all these Christmas presents.

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Tal vez quieras sentarte. Esto va a tardar un rato.

You might want to sit down. This is going to take a while.

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Va a tardar en recuperarse de sus heridas.

It will take time for him to recover from his wounds.

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Tenemos que irnos de la casa a más tardar antes del fin de este mes.

We need to vacate the house by the end of the month at the latest.

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