retenida
Spanish, noun
retenida is spelled R-E-T-E-N-I-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retenida is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “restrainer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of retenido. With a tilde, reteñida is a different word: “feminine singular of reteñido”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerda, aparejo, y a veces palo, que sirve para contener o guiar un cuerpo en su caída”.
What does retenida mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerestrainer
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of retenido
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of reteñido
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuerda, aparejo, y a veces palo, que sirve para contener o guiar un cuerpo en su caída.
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 retenida
- retenidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is retenida in Spanish?
retenida 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).