Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tardo | |
| tú | tardas | |
| él / ella / usted | tarda | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tardan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tardé | |
| tú | tardaste | |
| él / ella / usted | tardó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tardaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tardaba | |
| tú | tardabas | |
| él / ella / usted | tardaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tardaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tardaré | |
| tú | tardarás | |
| él / ella / usted | tardará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tardarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tardaría | |
| tú | tardarías | |
| él / ella / usted | tardaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tardarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tarde | |
| tú | tardes | |
| él / ella / usted | tarde | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tardemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tardéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tarden |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to take some amount of time
- to take too much time, to be late
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations