retroceder
Spanish, verb/retɾoθeˈdeɾ/
retroceder is spelled R-E-T-R-O-C-E-D-E-R (10 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retroceder is a Spanish verb meaning “to back up, to go back, to step back, to move backward, to shrink back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retroceder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to back up, to go back, to step back, to move backward, to shrink back
- 2
to retreat, to fall back, to recede, to draw back
- 3
to regress
- 4
to backtrack
- 5
to recoil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retroceder
- retrocedo first-person present singular
- retrocedí first-person preterite singular
- retrocedido participle past
- retrocediendo gerund
- retrocedida feminine participle past
- retrocedidos masculine participle past
- retrocedidas feminine participle past
- retrocedes indicative informal present
- retrocedés indicative informal present
- retrocede indicative present singular
- retrocedemos first-person indicative plural
- retrocedéis indicative plural present
- retroceden indicative plural present
- retrocedía first-person imperfect indicative
- retrocedías imperfect indicative second-person
- retrocedíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retrocedíais imperfect indicative plural
- retrocedían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retroceder?
- /retɾoθeˈdeɾ/
- [re.t̪ɾo.θeˈð̞eɾ]
- /retɾoseˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retroceder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retroceder in Spanish?
retroceder appears 5.1 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).