tardanza
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tardança (reintegrationist)
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese tardança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from tardar + -anza.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [taɾˈðanθa]
=== Noun ===
tardanza f (plural tardanzas)
delay
1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 106:
Synonym: demora
==== Related terms ====
tardar
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tardança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tardança”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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
“tardanza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /taɾˈdanθa/ [t̪aɾˈð̞ãn̟.θa] (Spain)
IPA(key): /taɾˈdansa/ [t̪aɾˈð̞ãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: tar‧dan‧za
=== Noun ===
tardanza f (plural tardanzas)
tardiness
delay
Synonyms: atraso, demora, retraso
perdona la tardanza ― sorry for the delay
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=== Further reading ===
“tardanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025