retar
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
retar (third-person singular simple present retars, present participle retarring, simple past and past participle retarred)
- (transitive) To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.
Anagrams[edit]
Ainu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
retar (Kana spelling レタㇻ)
- to be white
See also[edit]
retar | kunne | |
hure | siwnin | |
siwnin | ||
nis iro | siwnin | |
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.
Verb[edit]
retar (first-person singular indicative present reto, past participle retáu)
- to challenge (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | retar | ||||||
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gerund | retando | ||||||
past participle | m retáu, f retada, n retao, m pl retaos, f pl retaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | reto | retes | reta | retamos | retáis | reten |
imperfect | retaba | retabes | retaba | retábemos, retábamos | retabeis, retabais | retaben | |
preterite | reté | retasti, retesti | retó | retemos | retastis, retestis | retaron | |
pluperfect | retare, retara | retares, retaras | retare, retara | retáremos, retáramos | retareis, retarais | retaren, retaran | |
future | retaré | retarás | retará | retaremos | retaréis | retarán | |
conditional | retaría | retaríes | retaría | retaríemos, retaríamos | retaríeis, retaríais | retaríen | |
subjunctive | present | rete | retes, retas | rete | retemos | retéis | reten, retan |
imperfect | retare, retara | retares, retaras | retare, retara | retáremos, retáramos | retareis, retarais | retaren, retaran | |
imperative | — | reta | — | — | retái | — |
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French reter, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite retei, past participle retado)
- to defy, challenge
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 710:
- Monesteus, o duc de Atenas, se leuantou entõ en pe, et diso que el o defendería moy bẽ contra qualquer que o quisese rretar ou quisese dizer que el [nõ] deuía a rreynar
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 710:
- to reprimand, scold
- to incite, stir up
Conjugation[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “retar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “retar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “arretar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “retar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “arretar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- reptar (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish rebtar, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō. Doublet of reputar and reptar. Cognate with English repute and rate (“to scold”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite reté, past participle retado)
- to defy, challenge
- Synonym: desafiar
- to dare
- to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
- (Argentina, Chile) to scold, reprimand
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | retar | ||||||
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gerund | retando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | retado | retada | |||||
plural | retados | retadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | reto | retastú retásvos |
reta | retamos | retáis | retan | |
imperfect | retaba | retabas | retaba | retábamos | retabais | retaban | |
preterite | reté | retaste | retó | retamos | retasteis | retaron | |
future | retaré | retarás | retará | retaremos | retaréis | retarán | |
conditional | retaría | retarías | retaría | retaríamos | retaríais | retarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rete | retestú retésvos2 |
rete | retemos | retéis | reten | |
imperfect (ra) |
retara | retaras | retara | retáramos | retarais | retaran | |
imperfect (se) |
retase | retases | retase | retásemos | retaseis | retasen | |
future1 | retare | retares | retare | retáremos | retareis | retaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | retatú retávos |
rete | retemos | retad | reten | ||
negative | no retes | no rete | no retemos | no retéis | no reten |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “retar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
retar
- present tense of reta.
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