retorno
Spanish, noun
retorno is spelled R-E-T-O-R-N-O (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,981st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retorno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “return” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retornar. With an accent, retornó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of retornar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de retornar”.
What does retorno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereturn
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retornar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of retornar
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 retornar. 2. Paga, satisfacción o recompensa del beneficio recibido. 3. Cambio o trueque. 4. Carruaje, caballería o acémila que vuelve hacia el pueblo de donde salió.
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 retorno
- retornos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to retorno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retorno in Spanish?
retorno appears 15 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).