retrucar
Spanish, verb/retɾuˈkaɾ/
retrucar is spelled R-E-T-R-U-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrucar is a Spanish verb meaning “to retort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el billar, hacer rebotar una bola contra la banda y volver a chocar con la bola con la que se la había…”.
What does retrucar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to retort
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. En el billar, hacer rebotar una bola contra la banda y volver a chocar con la bola con la que se la había golpeado inicialmente. 2. En el truco, cantar el retruco.
verb: 1. Contraargumentar de forma acertada.
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 retrucar
- retruco first-person present singular
- retruqué first-person preterite singular
- retrucado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- retrucando gerund
- retrucada feminine participle past
- retrucados masculine participle past
- retrucadas feminine participle past
- retrucas indicative informal present
- retrucás indicative informal present
- retruca indicative present singular
- retrucamos first-person indicative plural
- retrucáis indicative plural present
- retrucan indicative plural present
- retrucaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retrucabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retrucábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retrucabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrucar?
- /retɾuˈkaɾ/
- [re.t̪ɾuˈkaɾ]
- [ret̪ɾuˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retrucar in Spanish?
retrucar appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).