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retome

Spanish, verb

retome is a Spanish verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, retomé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of retomar”.

What does retome mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as retomé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of retomar

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 retomar. 2. Curva cerrada que lleva el camino en sentido opuesto. 3. En avenidas y rutas, desvío que permite continuar la marcha en el sentido de circulación opuesto.

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 retome

  • retomes plural

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

How common is retome in Spanish?

retome 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).