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retomar

Spanish, verb/retoˈmaɾ/

retomar is a Spanish verb meaning “to retake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does retomar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to retake

  2. 2

    to resume, to restart, to take up again

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

Forms of retomar

  • retomo first-person present singular
  • retomé first-person preterite singular
  • retomado participle past
  • retomando gerund
  • retomada feminine participle past
  • retomados masculine participle past
  • retomadas feminine participle past
  • retomas indicative informal present
  • retomás indicative informal present
  • retoma indicative present singular
  • retomamos first-person indicative plural
  • retomáis indicative plural present
  • retoman indicative plural present
  • retomaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • retomabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • retomábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • retomabais imperfect indicative plural
  • retomaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce retomar?

  • /retoˈmaɾ/
  • [re.t̪oˈmaɾ]

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

English words that translate to retomar

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

How common is retomar in Spanish?

retomar appears 5.4 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).