late

tardío, retrasado

Que llega u ocurre después de la hora esperada o acordada.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or arriving after the expected or agreed time.

• The bus is late.
• She was ten minutes late for the meeting.
• Why are your payments always late?

Cómo se usa: be late for something (I was late for school.); be late doing something (We were late leaving the house.)

Sinónimos: delayed, overdue

Antónimos: early, punctual

Expresiones frecuentes: late arrival, late payment, late for something, ten minutes late

retrasado, tardío

Que llega o sucede después del momento esperado o previsto.

En inglés sencillo: Arriving or happening after the time that was expected or planned.

• The bus is late.
• We were ten minutes late for dinner.
• Why is your payment late again?

Cómo se usa: late for something (I was late for class.); late in doing something (The company was late in paying its workers.)

Sinónimos: delayed, overdue

Antónimos: early, on time

Expresiones frecuentes: late train, late payment, be late

tardío

Que ocurre o existe hacia el final de un día, una estación u otro período.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or existing near the end of a day, season, or other period.

• We met in the late afternoon.
• The trees lose their leaves in late autumn.
• She started studying medicine in her late twenties.

Antónimos: early

Expresiones frecuentes: late afternoon, late summer, late twenties

difunto, fallecido

Se usa junto al nombre o vínculo familiar de alguien para indicar que ha muerto.

En inglés sencillo: Used before someone's name or relationship to say that they have died.

• This ring belonged to my late mother.
• Her late husband loved gardening.
• The library was named after the late president.

Sinónimos: deceased

Expresiones frecuentes: late husband, late father, late president, late wife

tarde, con retraso

Después del momento en que algo debería ocurrir.

En inglés sencillo: After the time when something should happen.

• The train arrived late.
• I handed in my homework two days late.
• Did the concert start late?

Sinónimos: behind schedule

Antónimos: early, on time

Expresiones frecuentes: arrive late, come late, start late

tarde

A una hora avanzada de la tarde o de la noche.

En inglés sencillo: At a time far into the evening or night.

• We stayed up late.
• She often works late on Fridays.
• Don't call him late at night.

Antónimos: early

Expresiones frecuentes: stay late, work late, up late

anteriormente

Indica que alguien pertenecía antes a un grupo o trabajaba en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: Previously belonging to a particular group or working in a particular place.

• Major Hill, late of the army, spoke first.
• We met Colonel Shaw, late of the Fourth Regiment.
• The guest was Captain Bell, late of the royal fleet.

Cómo se usa: late of something (Captain Reed, late of the navy, joined us for dinner.)

Sinónimos: formerly, previously

Expresiones frecuentes: late of something, late of the army