retocar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.toˈka(ʁ)/
retocar is spelled R-E-T-O-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retocar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to retouch (to improve something by making small changes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tocar de novo”.
What does retocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to retouch (to improve something by making small changes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tocar de novo 2. dar retoques 3. aperfeiçoar, fazer o acabamento final
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retocar
- retoco first-person present singular
- retoquei first-person preterite singular
- retocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- retocares infinitive second-person singular
- retocarmos first-person infinitive plural
- retocardes infinitive plural second-person
- retocarem infinitive plural third-person
- retocando gerund
- retocados masculine participle past
- retocada feminine participle past
- retocadas feminine participle past
- retocas indicative present second-person
- retoca indicative present singular
- retocamos first-person indicative plural
- retocais indicative plural present
- retocam indicative plural present
- retocava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retocar?
- Brazil /ʁe.toˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.toˈka(h)]
- /ʁe.toˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retocar in Portuguese?
retocar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).