retoñar
Spanish, verb/retoˈɲaɾ/
retoñar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sprout, bud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver a producir renuevos o vástagos una planta”.
What does retoñar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sprout, bud
- 2
to reappear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volver a producir renuevos o vástagos una planta. 2. Volver a producirse lo que había dejado de ser, de acontecer o de darse con el vigor habitual.
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 retoñar
- retoño first-person present singular
- retoñé first-person preterite singular
- retoñado participle past
- retoñando gerund
- retoñada feminine participle past
- retoñados masculine participle past
- retoñadas feminine participle past
- retoñas indicative informal present
- retoñás indicative informal present
- retoña indicative present singular
- retoñamos first-person indicative plural
- retoñáis indicative plural present
- retoñan indicative plural present
- retoñaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retoñabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retoñábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retoñabais imperfect indicative plural
- retoñaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retoñar?
- /retoˈɲaɾ/
- [re.t̪oˈɲaɾ]
- [ret̪oˈɲaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retoñar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retoñar in Spanish?
retoñar appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).