retar

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ tar.

Verb

retar (third-person singular simple present retars, present participle retarring, simple past and past participle retarred)

  1. (transitive) To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.

Anagrams

Ainu

Pronunciation

Verb

retar (Kana spelling レタㇻ)

  1. to be white

See also

Colors in Ainu · iro / イロ (layout · text)
     retar / レタㇻ      ruretar / ルレタㇻ      kunne / クンネ
             hure / フレ                           sikerpepeus / シケㇾペペウㇱ
                          hukinane / フキナネ             
                          nis iro / ニㇲ イロ              siwnin / シウニン
                                       ruhure / ルフレ

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.

Verb

retar (first-person singular indicative present reto, past participle retáu)

  1. to challenge (to invite someone to take part in a competition)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French reter, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.

Pronunciation

Verb

retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite retei, past participle retado)

  1. to defy, challenge
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 710:
      Monesteus, o duc de Atenas, se leuantou entõ en pe, et diso que el o defendería moy bẽ contra qualquer que o quisese rretar ou quisese dizer que el [nõ] deuía a rreynar
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to reprimand, scold
  3. to incite, stir up
    Synonyms: apurrar, encirrar

Conjugation

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish reptar, probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre.[1] Doublet of reputar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈtaɾ/ [reˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧tar

Verb

retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite reté, past participle retado)

  1. to defy, challenge
    Synonym: desafiar
  2. to dare
  3. to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
  4. (Argentina, Chile) to scold, reprimand
    Synonyms: reñir, regañar

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “retar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 890

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

retar

  1. present indicative of reta

Anagrams