tardará

Tardará is the third-person singular form of the Spanish verb tardar in the simple future tense. It can mean that something will take a certain amount of time to occur or that something will be late. It is commonly used to indicate the duration of an action or event, and can appear with phrases like "tardará X" or with en + infinitive to express the time required for an action to happen, as in "tardará en llegar."

Conjugation and form: tardaré, tardarás, tardará, tardaremos, tardaréis, tardarán. Tardar is a regular -ar verb, and tardará follows the standard future endings for this conjugation. The form is widely used across Spanish-speaking regions to talk about future time expectations.

Etymology: tardar derives from Late Latin tardāre, linked to tardus meaning late or slow. The sense of delay or taking time developed in everyday Spanish usage, giving rise to the future form tardará to express forthcoming duration or lateness.

Usage notes: tardar is often used with durations (e.g., "La entrega tardará dos días") and with the construction "tardar en + infinitive" to indicate the time needed for an action (e.g., "tardará en llegar"). It can refer to delays by people or objects and is compatible with negation ("no tardará") meaning "will not take long." Related terms include tardanza (delay) and tardío (late; adjective).

See also: demora, demora en llegar, puntualidad.