retardatario
Spanish, adjective/retaɾdaˈtaɾjo/
retardatario is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-T-A-R-I-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retardatario is a Spanish adjective meaning “hindering, holding back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que atrasa (interpreta la realidad recurriendo a categorías anacrónicas)”.
What does retardatario mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hindering, holding back
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que atrasa (interpreta la realidad recurriendo a categorías anacrónicas).
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 retardatario
- retardataria feminine
- retardatarios masculine plural
- retardatarias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retardatario?
- /retaɾdaˈtaɾjo/
- [re.t̪aɾ.ð̞aˈt̪a.ɾjo]
- [ret̪aɾð̞aˈt̪aɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retardatario in Spanish?
retardatario appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).