retrógrado

See also: retrogrado, retrogradó, and retrogradò

Galician

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Adjective

retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. retrograde

Further reading

• “retrógrado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁiˈtɾɔɡɾadu/
• IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɾɔɣɾɐðu/
• Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do

Adjective

1. retrograde (moving backwards)
2. opposing progress

Noun

retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. someone who opposes progress

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɾoɡɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾo.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞o]
• Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do

Adjective

retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. retrograde (moving backwards)
2. opposing progress

Noun

retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. someone who opposes progress

Further reading

• “retrógrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014