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retiñir

Spanish, verb/retiˈɲiɾ/

retiñir is a Spanish verb meaning “to clank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sonar el metal, el vidrio”.

What does retiñir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to clank

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Sonar el metal, el vidrio. 2. Oírse el retintín de la campana.

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 retiñir

  • retiño first-person present singular
  • retiñí first-person preterite singular
  • retiñido participle past
  • retiñendo gerund
  • retiñida feminine participle past
  • retiñidos masculine participle past
  • retiñidas feminine participle past
  • retiñes indicative informal present
  • retiñís indicative informal present
  • retiñe indicative present singular
  • retiñimos first-person indicative plural
  • retiñen indicative plural present
  • retiñía first-person imperfect indicative
  • retiñías imperfect indicative second-person
  • retiñíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • retiñíais imperfect indicative plural
  • retiñían imperfect indicative plural
  • retiñiste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce retiñir?

  • /retiˈɲiɾ/
  • [re.t̪iˈɲiɾ]
  • [ret̪iˈɲiɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to retiñir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.