tardio
See also: tardío
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow; late; tardy”). Compare Spanish tardío.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tar‧di‧o
Adjective edit
tardio (feminine tardia, masculine plural tardios, feminine plural tardias)
- belated (later in relation to the proper time)
- (botany, of a plant) which flourishes, ripens or fructifies after the usual timespan
- slow (spread over a comparatively long time)
- slow (taking a long time to move)
- late (near the end of a period of time)