retardación
Spanish, noun/retaɾdaˈθjon/
retardación is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retardación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “delaying, retardation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de retardar”.
What does retardación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelaying, retardation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de retardar.
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 retardación
- retardaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retardación?
- /retaɾdaˈθjon/
- [re.t̪aɾ.ð̞aˈθjõn]
- /retaɾdaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retardación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retardación in Spanish?
retardación appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).