retrógrado
See also: retrogrado, retrogradó, and retrogradò
Galician
Etymology
From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
Adjective
retrógrado m (feminine singular retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)
- retrograde
Further reading
- “retrógrado” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du/ [heˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du/ [χeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.do/ [heˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈtɾɔ.ɡɾɐ.du/ [ʁɨˈtɾɔ.ɣɾɐ.ðu]
- Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do
Adjective
retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)
- retrograde (moving backwards)
- opposing progress
Noun
retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)
- someone who opposes progress
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈtɾoɡɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾo.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -oɡɾado
- Syllabification: re‧tró‧gra‧do
Adjective
retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)
- retrograde (moving backwards)
- backwards, opposing progress
Derived terms
- amnesia retrógrada
Noun
retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)
- someone who opposes progress
Further reading
- “retrógrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014