Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tardo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: tar-do
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sloth (animal).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"On my last trip to Vera Cruz I procured a pair of black tardos, full-grown and in a normal state of health […]"

Etymology

From Spanish tardo (“slow”), from Latin tardus.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tardo, tardus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

tardos (plural)

Questions

What does tardo mean?: A sloth (animal).
Where does tardo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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