trop tard

/tʁo taʁ/

too late

Nous sommes arrivés trop tard pour le concert.

We arrived too late for the concert.

informal

Too late; after the time when something could have been done or should have happened.

Il a réalisé trop tard qu'il avait fait une erreur.

He realized too late that he had made a mistake.

This phrase is commonly used to express regret or missed opportunities.

Collocations

too little, too late

This phrase is often used to express regret or frustration about missed opportunities.

While 'trop tard' can be used in formal contexts, it is more commonly used in everyday speech.

From 'trop' (too) and 'tard' (late), a straightforward combination of two French words.

This phrase is used in both formal and informal contexts to indicate that something happened after the ideal or necessary time.

trop

too

adverb

tard

late

adverb

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