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retirado

Spanish, adjective/retiˈɾado/

retirado is spelled R-E-T-I-R-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retirado is a Spanish adjective meaning “withdrawn, removed; retired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of retirar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Distante, apartado, desviado”.

What does retirado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    withdrawn, removed; retired

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of retirar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Distante, apartado, desviado. 2. Dícese del militar que deja oficialmente el servicio, conservando algunos derechos. 3. Apartado de la sociedad o del trato con los demás.

verb: 1. Participio de retirar o de retirarse.

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 retirado

  • retirada feminine
  • retirados masculine plural
  • retiradas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce retirado?

  • /retiˈɾado/
  • [re.t̪iˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • [ret̪iˈɾað̞o]

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

English words that translate to retirado

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

How common is retirado in Spanish?

retirado appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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