reto
Spanish, noun
reto is spelled R-E-T-O (4 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “challenge (a difficult task)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retar. With an accent, retó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of retar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de retar”.
What does reto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechallenge (a difficult task)
hacer(le) frente a un reto, enfrentar un reto
- 2
masculinedare
Me impuso un reto del que no puedo escapar.
- 3
masculinescolding; insult
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of retar
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 retar. 2. Muestra de desaprobación de las acciones de una persona mediante vituperaciones y castigos. 3. Provocación o citación a un duelo o desafío. 4. El desafío mismo a superar.
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 reto
- retos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reto in Spanish?
reto appears 23 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).