tardo

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noun

A sloth (animal).

OriginSpanish tardo ← Latin tardus →
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Meanings

nountardo (plural tardos)

plural tardos

  1. archaicA sloth (animal).

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

    1881, Lippincott's magazine: Volume 27

Origin

  1. Latintardus
  2. Spanishtardo“slow”
  3. Englishtardo

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

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Cite this entry
APA

tardo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardo

MLA

“tardo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tardo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardo.

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