retroiluminar

Spanish, verb/retɾoilumiˈnaɾ/

retroiluminar is spelled R-E-T-R-O-I-L-U-M-I-N-A-R (13 letters). Retroiluminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to backlight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Iluminar desde un punto atrás de la escena o el objeto observado”.

What does retroiluminar mean in English?

verb

1
to backlight

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Iluminar desde un punto atrás de la escena o el objeto observado.

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 retroiluminar

retroilumino first-person present singular
retroiluminé first-person preterite singular
retroiluminado participle past
retroiluminando gerund
retroiluminada feminine participle past
retroiluminados masculine participle past
retroiluminadas feminine participle past
retroiluminas indicative informal present
retroiluminás indicative informal present
retroilumina indicative present singular
retroiluminamos first-person indicative plural
retroilumináis indicative plural present
retroiluminan indicative plural present
retroiluminaba first-person imperfect indicative
retroiluminabas imperfect indicative second-person
retroiluminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
retroiluminabais imperfect indicative plural
retroiluminaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce retroiluminar?

/retɾoilumiˈnaɾ/
[re.t̪ɾoi̯.lu.miˈnaɾ]
[ret̪ɾoilumiˈnaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to retroiluminar

backlight

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.