# retrasado vs retrasando

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### retrasado
*adjective · IPA [ret̪ɾaˈsað̞o] · frequency rank #12,916*
Que padece retraso mental.

### retrasando
*verb · IPA [ret̪ɾaˈsãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #41,049*
Gerundio de retrasar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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