Meaning
to delay; be late
- to make something late
- to be late
- to delay or postpone
In a sentence
Oggi il bus ritarda di cinque minuti.
Today the bus is five minutes late.
Perché hai ritardato la riunione?
Why did you delay the meeting?
Non voglio ritardare ancora.
I don't want to be late again.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ritardare | infinitive |
| ritardo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritardi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritarda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritardiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritardate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritardavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ritardavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ritardava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ritardavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ritardavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ritardai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ritardasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ritardò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ritardammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ritardaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ritarderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ritarderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ritarderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ritarderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ritarderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ritarderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ritardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritardiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritardiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritardassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ritardassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ritardasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ritardassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ritardaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ritarderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritarderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritarderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritarderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritardereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritarderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritarda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ritardiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ritardate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ritardando | gerund |
| ritardato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often intransitive with essere in compound tenses: Il treno è ritardato.
- Also transitive: ritardare una riunione = delay a meeting.
- Common with di: Ho ritardato di dieci minuti.