No. 5,871 in Spanish
tardó
"Was delayed" or "took time."
In a sentence
Él tardó en llegar al evento debido al tráfico.
He took a long time to arrive at the event due to traffic.
Here, 'tardó' means 'he took a long time,' expressing a delay or a prolonged time to perform the action of arriving.
Ella tardó mucho en comprender la solución del problema.
She took a long time to understand the solution to the problem.
In this case, 'tardó' conveys the extended time taken by the subject to grasp a concept.
El tren tardó menos de lo esperado en completar el recorrido.
The train took less time than expected to complete the route.
Here, 'tardó' is used to indicate the time duration the train took for completing the route.
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