retar
English
Etymology
re- + tar
Verb
retar (third-person singular simple present retars, present participle retarring, simple past and past participle retarred)
- (transitive) To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.
Anagrams
- Arter, Terra, arrêt, arter, rater, tarre, terra
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾe.taɾ/
Verb
retar (Kana spelling レタㇻ)
- to be white
See also
| retar | kunne | |
| hure | siwnin | |
| siwnin | ||
| nis iro | siwnin | |
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.
Verb
retar (first-person singular indicative present reto, past participle retáu)
- to challenge (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Conjugation
Conjugation of retar
| infinitive | retar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | retando | ||||||
| past participle | m retáu, f retada, n retao, m pl retaos, f pl retaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | reto | retes | reta | retamos | retáis | reten |
| imperfect | retaba | retabes | retaba | retábemos, retábamos | retabeis, retabais | retaben | |
| preterite | reté | retasti, retesti | retó | retemos | retastis, retestis | retaron | |
| pluperfect | retare, retara | retares, retaras | retare, retara | retáremos, retáramos | retareis, retarais | retaren, retaran | |
| future | retaré | retarás | retará | retaremos | retaréis | retarán | |
| conditional | retaría | retaríes | retaría | retaríemos, retaríamos | retaríeis, retaríais | retaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | rete | retes, retas | rete | retemos | retéis | reten, retan |
| imperfect | retare, retara | retares, retaras | retare, retara | retáremos, retáramos | retareis, retarais | retaren, retaran | |
| imperative | — | reta | — | — | retái | — | |
Synonyms
- desafiar
Related terms
- retu
Galician
Alternative forms
- arretar
Etymology
From Old French reter, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈtaɾ/
Verb
retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite retei, past participle retado)
- to defy, challenge
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 710:
- to reprimand, scold
- to incite, stir up
- Synonyms: apurrar, encirrar
Conjugation
Conjugation of retar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | retar | |||||
| personal | retar | retares | retar | retarmos | retardes | retaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| retando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | retado | retados | ||||
| feminine | retada | retadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | reto | retas | reta | retamos | retades | retan |
| imperfect | retaba | retabas | retaba | retabamos | retabades | retaban |
| preterite | retei | retaches | retou | retamos | retastes | retaron |
| pluperfect | retara | retaras | retara | retaramos | retarades | retaran |
| future | retarei | retarás | retará | retaremos | retaredes | retarán |
| conditional | retaría | retarías | retaría | retariamos | retariades | retarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | rete | retes | rete | retemos | retedes | reten |
| preterite | retase | retases | retase | retásemos | retásedes | retasen |
| future | retar | retares | retar | retarmos | retardes | retaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | reta | rete | retemos | retade | reten |
| negative | – | retes | rete | retemos | retedes | reten |
Related terms
- reto
References
- “retar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “retar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “arretar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “retar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “arretar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- reptar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish rebtar, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō. Doublet of reputar and reptar. Cognate with English repute and rate (“to scold”).
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)
- to defy, challenge
- Synonym: desafiar
- to dare
- to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
- (Argentina, Chile) to scold, reprimand
- Synonyms: reñir, regañar
Conjugation
Conjugation of retar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | retar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | retando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | retado | retada | |||||
| plural | retados | retadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | reto | retastú retásvos | reta | retamos | retáis | retan | |
| imperfect | retaba | retabas | retaba | retábamos | retabais | retaban | |
| preterite | reté | retaste | retó | retamos | retasteis | retaron | |
| future | retaré | retarás | retará | retaremos | retaréis | retarán | |
| conditional | retaría | retarías | retaría | retaríamos | retaríais | retarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | rete | retestú retésvos2 | rete | retemos | retéis | reten | |
| imperfect (ra) | retara | retaras | retara | retáramos | retarais | retaran | |
| imperfect (se) | retase | retases | retase | retásemos | retaseis | retasen | |
| future1 | retare | retares | retare | retáremos | retareis | retaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | retatú retávos | rete | retemos | retad | reten | ||
| negative | no retes | no rete | no retemos | no retéis | no reten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of retar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive retar | |||||||
| dative | retarme | retarte | retarle, retarse | retarnos | retaros | retarles, retarse | |
| accusative | retarme | retarte | retarlo, retarla, retarse | retarnos | retaros | retarlos, retarlas, retarse | |
| with gerund retando | |||||||
| dative | retándome | retándote | retándole, retándose | retándonos | retándoos | retándoles, retándose | |
| accusative | retándome | retándote | retándolo, retándola, retándose | retándonos | retándoos | retándolos, retándolas, retándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative reta | |||||||
| dative | rétame | rétate | rétale | rétanos | not used | rétales | |
| accusative | rétame | rétate | rétalo, rétala | rétanos | not used | rétalos, rétalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative retá | |||||||
| dative | retame | retate | retale | retanos | not used | retales | |
| accusative | retame | retate | retalo, retala | retanos | not used | retalos, retalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative rete | |||||||
| dative | réteme | not used | rétele, rétese | rétenos | not used | rételes | |
| accusative | réteme | not used | rételo, rétela, rétese | rétenos | not used | rételos, rételas | |
| with first-person plural imperative retemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | retémoste | retémosle | retémonos | retémoos | retémosles | |
| accusative | not used | retémoste | retémoslo, retémosla | retémonos | retémoos | retémoslos, retémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative retad | |||||||
| dative | retadme | not used | retadle | retadnos | retaos | retadles | |
| accusative | retadme | not used | retadlo, retadla | retadnos | retaos | retadlos, retadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative reten | |||||||
| dative | rétenme | not used | rétenle | rétennos | not used | rétenles, rétense | |
| accusative | rétenme | not used | rétenlo, rétenla | rétennos | not used | rétenlos, rétenlas, rétense | |
Related terms
- retador
- retante
- reto
Further reading
- “retar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Verb
retar
- present tense of reta.
Anagrams
- arter