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Conjugation of the Spanish verb tardar

A list of the common conjugations for the Spanish verb tardar, along with their English translations.

tardar is a regular verb


InfinitiveScored
tardarto be late

PresentScored
yo tardoI am late
tú tardasyou are late
él tardahe is late
ella tardashe is late
nosotros tardamoswe are late
vosotros tardáisyou are late
ellos tardanthey are late
ellas tardanthey are late

ImperfectScored
yo tardabaI was being late
tú tardabasyou were being late
él tardabahe was being late
ella tardabashe was being late
nosotros tardábamoswe were being late
vosotros tardabaisyou were being late
ellos tardabanthey were being late
ellas tardabanthey were being late

PreteriteScored
yo tardéI was late
tú tardasteyou were late
él tardóhe was late
ella tardóshe was late
nosotros tardamoswe were late
vosotros tardasteisyou were late
ellos tardaronthey were late
ellas tardaronthey were late

Present perfect/Pretérito perfectoScored
yo he tardadoI have been late
tú has tardadoyou have been late
él ha tardadohe has been late
ella ha tardadoshe has been late
nosotros hemos tardadowe have been late
vosotros habéis tardadoyou have been late
ellos han tardadothey have been late
ellas han tardadothey have been late

Pluperfect / Pretérito pluscuamperfectoScored
yo había tardadoI had been late
tú habías tardadoyou had been late
él había tardadohe had been late
ella había tardadoshe had been late
nosotros habíamos tardadowe had been late
vosotros habíais tardadoyou had been late
ellos habían tardadothey had been late
ellas habían tardadothey had been late

FutureScored
yo tardaréI will be late
tú tardarásyou will be late
él tardaráhe will be late
ella tardaráshe will be late
nosotros tardaremoswe will be late
vosotros tardaréisyou will be late
ellos tardaránthey will be late
ellas tardaránthey will be late

Future Perfect / Futuro perfectoScored
yo habré tardadoI will have been late
tú habrás tardadoyou will have been late
él habrá tardadohe will have been late
ella habrá tardadoshe will have been late
nosotros habremos tardadowe will have been late
vosotros habréis tardadoyou will have been late
ellos habrán tardadothey will have been late
ellas habrán tardadothey will have been late

ConditionalScored
yo tardaríaI would be late
tú tardaríasyou would be late
él tardaríahe would be late
ella tardaríashe would be late
nosotros tardaríamoswe would be late
vosotros tardaríaisyou would be late
ellos tardaríanthey would be late
ellas tardaríanthey would be late

Conditional Perfect / Condicional perfecto
The Spanish Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Condicional perfecto is made with the conditional tense of haber and the past participle of the verb.
Scored
yo habría tardadoI would have been late
tú habrías tardadoyou would have been late
él habría tardadohe would have been late
ella habría tardadoshe would have been late
nosotros habríamos tardadowe would have been late
vosotros habríais tardadoyou would have been late
ellos habrían tardadothey would have been late
ellas habrían tardadothey would have been late

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo tarde(... that) I am late
(... que) tú tardes(... that) you are late
(... que) él tarde(... that) he is late
(... que) ella tarde(... that) she is late
(... que) nosotros tardemos(... that) we are late
(... que) vosotros tardéis(... that) you are late
(... que) ellos tarden(... that) they are late
(... que) ellas tarden(... that) they are late

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo tardara(... that) I was being late
(... que) tú tardaras(... that) you were being late
(... que) él tardara(... that) he was being late
(... que) ella tardara(... that) she was being late
(... que) nosotros tardáramos(... that) we were being late
(... que) vosotros tardarais(... that) you were being late
(... que) ellos tardaran(... that) they were being late
(... que) ellas tardaran(... that) they were being late

ImperativeScored
tarda Be late
tarda late
tarde late
tardemosLet's be late
tarden Be late
tardad late
tarden late

Present ParticipleScored
tardando being late

Past ParticipleScored
tardado been late

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