retocar
Spanish, verb/retoˈkaɾ/
retocar is spelled R-E-T-O-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to touch up (fix damages to improve the look)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to touch up (fix damages to improve the look)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retocar
- retoco first-person present singular
- retoqué first-person preterite singular
- retocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- retocando gerund
- retocada feminine participle past
- retocados masculine participle past
- retocadas feminine participle past
- retocas indicative informal present
- retocás indicative informal present
- retoca indicative present singular
- retocamos first-person indicative plural
- retocáis indicative plural present
- retocan indicative plural present
- retocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retocar?
- /retoˈkaɾ/
- [re.t̪oˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retocar in Spanish?
retocar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).