retractar
Spanish, verb/retɾaɡˈtaɾ/
retractar is spelled R-E-T-R-A-C-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retractar is a Spanish verb meaning “to retract, to take back (one's words)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Revocar expresamente lo que se ha dicho; desdecirse de ello”.
What does retractar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to retract, to take back (one's words)
- 2
to retract, to recant, to take back (one's words)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Revocar expresamente lo que se ha dicho; desdecirse de ello. 2. Retraer (ejercer el derecho de retracto).
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 retractar
- retracto first-person present singular
- retracté first-person preterite singular
- retractado participle past
- retractando gerund
- retractada feminine participle past
- retractados masculine participle past
- retractadas feminine participle past
- retractas indicative informal present
- retractás indicative informal present
- retracta indicative present singular
- retractamos first-person indicative plural
- retractáis indicative plural present
- retractan indicative plural present
- retractaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retractabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retractábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retractabais imperfect indicative plural
- retractaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retractar?
- /retɾaɡˈtaɾ/
- [re.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [ret̪ɾakˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retractar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retractar in Spanish?
retractar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).