Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin retardāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.tarˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tar‧dà‧re

Verb

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ritardàre (first-person singular present ritàrdo, first-person singular past historic ritardài, past participle ritardàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to delay, to defer, to hold up
  2. (transitive) to retard, to slow down
  3. (intransitive) to delay
  4. (intransitive) to be late
  5. (intransitive) to be slow (of a clock)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ritardare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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