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retractar: to retract, to take back (one's words); to retract, to recant, to take back (one's words)
retracto: option; first refusal
retractor: retracting
retractor: retractor
retraducción: retranslation
retraducir: to re-translate
retraer: to withdraw, to retract (something); to bring back (to cause one to remember); to withdraw (oneself), to shrink back
retraimiento: shyness, bashfulness
retranca: brake; hidden agenda; double meaning; double entendre
retranquear: to move stones or other building material into position; to set back a structure from the road
retranqueo: setback (distance between a structure and a road)
retransmisión: broadcast, broadcasting (of radio, television, etc)
retransmisor: retransmitter
retransmisora: retransmitter
retransmitir: to broadcast (broadcast a radio or television programme (especially sports games) intended to be received by anyone with a receiver); to retransmit, to rebroadcast
retrasado: delayed, retarded; retarded, moronic, dumb
retrasado: moron; retard
retrasado mental: fuckwit, dimwit
retrasar: to delay, to set back, to slow down, to postpone, to retard, to hold up, to put back
retrasmisión: synonym of retransmisión
retrasmitir: alternative spelling of retransmitir
retraso: delay
retraso mental: mental retardation
retratar: to portray; to photograph; to paint a portrait
retratismo: portrait painting
retratista: portrait painter
retrato: portrait; portraiture; portrayal
retrato hablado: identikit, police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite
retrato robot: identikit, police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite
retratístico: portrait
retraumatización: retraumatization
retraíble: retractable
retraído: withdrawn; lonesome
retrecha: fault; insult
retrechar: to go back, to back up
retrechero: ducking; skiving; hot; striking; cute
retrepa: only used in se retrepa, third-person singular present indicative of retreparse
retrepad: only used in os ... retrepad, syntactic variant of retrepaos, second-person plural imperative of retreparse
retrepando: only used in se ... retrepando, syntactic variant of retrepándose, gerund of retreparse
retrepar: only used in se ... retrepar, syntactic variant of retreparse
retreparse: to lean back
retrepe: only used in me retrepe, first-person singular present subjunctive of retreparse
retrepemos: only used in nos retrepemos, first-person plural present subjunctive of retreparse
retrepen: only used in se retrepen, third-person plural present subjunctive of retreparse
retrepá: only used in te ... retrepá, syntactic variant of retrepate, second-person singular voseo imperative of retreparse
retreta: retreat; tattoo, display
retrete: toilet
retribución: retribution; payment
retribuir: to reward; to repay
retributivo: retributive
retriever: retriever (dog)
retro: retro
retroacción: feedback (signal that is looped back to control a system within itself)
retroacrónimo: backronym
retroactivamente: retroactively
retroactividad: retroactivity
retroactivo: retroactive
retroalimentación: feedback
retroalimentador: feedbacker
retroalimentar: to feed back; to feed into (one another)