Grammatical class

Noun

retard

delay

Details

Syllables

re-tard

Phonetics

ʁə.taʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1216

Freq. (movies)

465

Freq. (news)

1367

Sentences

Quel retard !

What a delay!

A1

Tu es en retard.

You're late.

A1

Il est en retard.

He is late.

A1

J'étais en retard.

I was late.

A1

Cela explique son retard.

That accounts for her delay.

A2

Je suis un peu en retard.

I'm a bit late.

A2

Le train est en retard.

The train's late.

B1

Désolé d'être en retard.

I'm sorry about being late.

B1

Être en retard est impoli.

Being late is impolite.

B1

Nous avons eu un léger retard.

We had a slight delay.

B1

Hélas, j'étais en retard.

Alas, I was late.

B2

J'avais peur d'être en retard.

I was afraid of being late.

B2