recular
Spanish, verb/rekuˈlaɾ/
recular is spelled R-E-C-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recular is a Spanish verb meaning “to go back, move backwards, reverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abandonar frente a una dificultad o amenaza una decisión previamente tomada”.
What does recular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go back, move backwards, reverse
- 2
to back out, back down
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Marchar hacia atrás 2. Abandonar frente a una dificultad o amenaza una decisión previamente tomada 3. Ceder uno de su dictamen u opinión.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recular
- reculo first-person present singular
- reculé first-person preterite singular
- reculado participle past
- reculando gerund
- reculada feminine participle past
- reculados masculine participle past
- reculadas feminine participle past
- reculas indicative informal present
- reculás indicative informal present
- recula indicative present singular
- reculamos first-person indicative plural
- reculáis indicative plural present
- reculan indicative plural present
- reculaba first-person imperfect indicative
- reculabas imperfect indicative second-person
- reculábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reculabais imperfect indicative plural
- reculaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recular?
- /rekuˈlaɾ/
- [re.kuˈlaɾ]
- [rekuˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recular in Spanish?
recular appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).