retar
Meaning
- to defy, challenge
- to dare
- to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
- (Argentina, Chile) to scold, reprimand
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/reˈtaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish reptar, probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre. Doublet of reputar, a borrowing from Latin.
Bookmark this
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "retar" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
Go to our Spanish course page
Notes