retiro
Spanish, noun
retiro is spelled R-E-T-I-R-O (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,177th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retiro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “retirement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retirar. With an accent, retiró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of retirar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de retirarse”.
What does retiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineretirement
- 2
masculineretirement pension
- 3
masculineretreat, refuge
- 4
masculinewithdrawal (of money)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retirar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of retirar
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 retirarse. 2. Lugar apartado y distante del concurso y bullicio de la gente. 3. Recogimiento, apartamiento y abstracción. 4. Práctica religiosa que consiste en alejarse de las comodidades u ocupaciones regulares para meditar, reflexionar u orar.
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 retiro
- retiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to retiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retiro in Spanish?
retiro appears 26 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).