retar
Spanish, verb/reˈtaɾ/
retar is spelled R-E-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retar is a Spanish verb meaning “to defy, challenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un noble: acusar ante el rey a otro noble de alevosía, quedando obligado el primero a mantener la…”.
What does retar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defy, challenge
- 2
to dare
- 3
to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
- 4
to scold, reprimand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dicho de un noble: acusar ante el rey a otro noble de alevosía, quedando obligado el primero a mantener la denuncia en buena lid. 2. Reprender, regañar, reprochar. 3. Desafiar.
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 retar
- reto first-person present singular
- reté first-person preterite singular
- retado participle past
- retando gerund
- retada feminine participle past
- retados masculine participle past
- retadas feminine participle past
- retas indicative informal present
- retás indicative informal present
- reta indicative present singular
- retamos first-person indicative plural
- retáis indicative plural present
- retan indicative plural present
- retaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retabais imperfect indicative plural
- retaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retar?
- /reˈtaɾ/
- [reˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retar in Spanish?
retar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).