Meaning

4 senses

  1. A retardation; a delay.

    Verzögerung, Verspätung

    замедле́ниеzamedlénije, заде́ржкаzadéržka

  2. A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.

  3. (dated, offensive)A person with mental retardation.

    The retard in our class needs special help.

    деби́лdebíl

    a person of subnormal intelligence

  4. (informal, offensive)A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

    то́рмозtórmoz

Examples

39 sentences

  1. Are you retarded?

    Ти що, тупий? — deniko

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  2. Tom is mentally retarded.

    ruТом умственно отсталый. — marafon

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  3. Tom is retarded.

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  4. Are you retarded or something?

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  5. How retarded can this idiot be?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
retardation; delay:
a person with mental retardation:
a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
retardation; delay:

Origin

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”,

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”, from re- + tardus (“slow”)).

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Forms

plural: retards
Singularretard
Pluralretards

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
delayA2hold-up
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retakeretaliateretaliationretch
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