Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I take time
- tú you take time
- usted, él, ella he/she takes time
- nosotros we take time
- vosotros Spain you all take time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they take time
SPANISH VERB
tardarse
to take time
- #426 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: tardándose
- Past participle: tardado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I took time
- tú you took time
- usted, él, ella he/she took time
- nosotros we took time
- vosotros Spain you all took time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they took time
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to take time
- tú you used to take time
- usted, él, ella he/she used to take time
- nosotros we used to take time
- vosotros Spain you all used to take time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to take time
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will take time
- tú you will take time
- usted, él, ella he/she will take time
- nosotros we will take time
- vosotros Spain you all will take time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will take time
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would take time
- tú you would take time
- usted, él, ella he/she would take time
- nosotros we would take time
- vosotros Spain you all would take time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would take time
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I take time
- tú (that) you take time
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she take time
- nosotros (that) we take time
- vosotros Spain (that) you all take time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they take time
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I took time
- tú (if) you took time
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she took time
- nosotros (if) we took time
- vosotros Spain (if) you all took time
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they took time
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú take time!
- usted take time! (formal)
- nosotros take time! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain take time! (all of you)
- ustedes take time! (all of you)
How to use tardarse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
¿Cuánto te tardas en llegar a la oficina?
How long does it take you to get to the office?
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Past
Me tardé dos horas en el banco esta mañana.
I spent two hours at the bank this morning.
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Imperfect
El camión se tardaba mucho en pasar por mi casa.
The bus used to take a long time to come by my house.
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Future
No me tardaré, solo voy por las tortillas.
I won't be long, I'm just going for tortillas.
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Conditional
Sin tráfico, nos tardaríamos veinte minutos.
Without traffic, it would take us twenty minutes.
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Present subjunctive
Espero que no se tarden mucho en la tienda.
I hope you don't take long at the store.
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Past subjunctive
Me preocupaba que te tardaras tanto en contestar.
It worried me that you took so long to answer.
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Imperative
¡No te tardes, que la cena se enfría!
Don't be long, dinner's getting cold!
Good to know
- "Tardarse" and "tardar" mean the same; Mexicans say "no te tardes" for "don't be long".
Where you hear tardarse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 1
- Me tardo un poco, pero lo arreglo bien. I take a little while, but I fix it properly.
- Me tardé un poco, pero lo arreglé. I took a little while, but I fixed it.
- No me voy a tardar mucho. I'm not going to take long.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 2
- Me tardo tres meses en hacer un tapete. It takes me three months to make a rug.
- Me tardé un poco, pero lo arreglé. I took a little while, but I fixed it.
- No me voy a tardar mucho. I'm not going to take long.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.