retardado

Portuguese

Etymology

From retardo +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.taʁˈda.du/ [he.taɦˈda.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.taʁˈda.du/ [he.taɦˈda.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.taɾˈda.du/ [he.taɾˈda.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.taʁˈda.du/ [χe.taʁˈda.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.taɻˈda.do/ [he.taɻˈda.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tɐɾˈda.du/ [ʁɨ.tɐɾˈða.ðu]

• Hyphenation: re‧tar‧da‧do

Adjective

retardado (feminine retardada, masculine plural retardados, feminine plural retardadas, comparable, comparative mais retardado, superlative o mais retardado or retardadíssimo)

1. retarded
   1. delayed in development

      Synonyms: tardio, demorado, lento, devagar

   2. having mental retardation
   3. (derogatory) lacking intelligence; stupid, dumb, irrational

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Noun

retardado m (plural retardados, feminine retardada, feminine plural retardadas)

1. a retarded person, a retard
   1. a person affected by mental retardation
   2. (derogatory) fool, idiot

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Participle

retardado (feminine retardada, masculine plural retardados, feminine plural retardadas)

1. past participle of retardar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retaɾˈdado/ [re.t̪aɾˈð̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: re‧tar‧da‧do

Adjective

retardado (feminine retardada, masculine plural retardados, feminine plural retardadas)

1. (often derogatory) retarded

Derived terms

• movimiento uniformemente retardado

 

Noun

retardado m (plural retardados, feminine retardada, feminine plural retardadas)

1. (often derogatory) retard

Participle

retardado (feminine retardada, masculine plural retardados, feminine plural retardadas)

1. past participle of retardar

Further reading

• “retardado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28