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ellos tardan

take (time), take a while

→ tardar
tard delay + an third-person plural present
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #34,785
take (time), take a while Used with an amount of time or with en + infinitive.
SP: Los trenes tardan veinte minutos en llegar.
EN: The trains take twenty minutes to arrive.
Conjugation of tardar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First tardo tardamos
Second tardas —
Third tarda tardan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First tardo tardamos
Second tardas —
Third tarda tardan
tardes

Sea paciente, los resultados tardan al menos una semana en llegar.

Please be patient, results take at least a week to arrive.

Se tardan dos horas en leer este libro.

It takes two hours to read this book.

Ayúdame que ya no tardan en venir los Wara Wara.

Help me, the Wara Wara will be here soon.

— El niño y la garza (2023)

Sus amigos no tardan demasiado.

His friends don't take too long.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

¿Por qué tardan tanto estos chicos?

Why are these guys taking so long?

— Ratatouille (2007)

Seguro que no tardan en arreglarlo.

I'm sure they won't take long to fix it.

— Un Taxista (2017)

Oh, Ben, tardan una eternidad en hacerlos.

Oh, Ben, they take forever to make.

— El sobreviviente (2025)

Las galletas tardan un rato en hacerse.

The cookies take a while to bake.

¿Por qué tardan tanto?

Why are they taking so long?

— The Chaser (2008)

Los llamas y tardan mucho.

You call them and they take a long time.

— Whiplash: Música y Obsesión (2014)