tardio

From Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow; late; tardy”). Compare Spanish tardío.

• Hyphenation: tar‧di‧o

tardio (feminine tardia, masculine plural tardios, feminine plural tardias)

1. belated (later in relation to the proper time)

   Synonyms: atrasado, serôdio, tarde

   Antonyms: cedo, precoce

2. (botany, of a plant) which flourishes, ripens or fructifies after the usual timespan

   Synonym: serôdio

   Antonym: precoce

3. slow (spread over a comparatively long time)

   Synonyms: demorado, lento, moroso, tardo

   Antonym: rápido

4. slow (taking a long time to move)

   Synonyms: lento, moroso, vagaroso

   Antonyms: acelerado, rápido, veloz

5. late (near the end of a period of time)

   Synonym: final

   Antonym: inicial

• tirado, traído