retrete
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
retrete is spelled R-E-T-R-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrete is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar secreto, retirado, oculto”.
What does retrete mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininetoilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)
- 2
Portugalfemininetoilet, bathroom (room used for urination and defecation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar secreto, retirado, oculto 2. entranha, recanto interior da pessoalidade 3. aposento ou quarto retirado, gabinete, aquela parte mais apartada de uma habitação 4. latrina, quarto destinado a defecar
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 retrete
- retretes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrete?
- Brazil /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [heˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]
- /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retrete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retrete in Portuguese?
retrete appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).