tardanza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tardança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from tardar +‎ -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɾˈðanθa]

Noun

tardanza f (plural tardanzas)

1. delay
   • 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 106:

     Et nõ quiserõ fazer mays tardança, et aparellarõ moy bem suas naues.

     And they don't wanted to do further delay, and they rigged very well their ships

   Synonym: demora

Related terms

• tardar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tardança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tardança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tardanza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tardanza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /taɾˈdanθa/ [t̪aɾˈð̞ãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /taɾˈdansa/ [t̪aɾˈð̞ãn.sa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: tar‧dan‧za

Noun

tardanza f (plural tardanzas)

1. tardiness
2. delay

   Synonyms: atraso, demora, retraso

   perdona la tardanza ― sorry for the delay

Derived terms

• sin tardanza

 

Related terms

• tardar
• tarde

 

Further reading

• “tardanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014