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retar
retar
Asturian
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
Related terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō.
Verb
retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite reté, past participle retado)
Conjugation
| 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 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 usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | rete | retestú retésvos1 |
rete | retemos | retéis | reten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
retara | retaras | retara | retáramos | retarais | retaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
retase | retases | retase | retásemos | retaseis | retasen | |
| future | 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 | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. 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 | retarle, retarse | retarnos | retaros, retarles | retarles, retarse | |
| accusative | retarme | retarte, retarlo, retarla | retarlo, retarla, retarse | retarnos | retaros, retarlos, retarlas | retarlos, retarlas, retarse | |
| with gerund retando | |||||||
| dative | retándome | retándote, retándole | retándole, retándose | retándonos | retándoos, retándoles | retándoles, retándose | |
| accusative | retándome | retándote, retándolo, retándola | retándolo, retándola, retándose | retándonos | retándoos, retándolos, retándolas | retándolos, retándolas, retándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative reta | |||||||
| dative | retame | retate, retale | retale | retanos | retaos, retales | retales | |
| accusative | retame | retate, retalo, retala | retalo, retala | retanos | retaos, retalos, retalas | retalos, retalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative rete | |||||||
| dative | réteme | rétete, rétele | rétele, rétese | rétenos | rételes | rételes, rétese | |
| accusative | réteme | rétete, rételo, rétela | rételo, rétela, rétese | rétenos | rételos, rételas | rételos, rételas, rétese | |
| with first-person plural imperative retemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | retémosle | retémosle | retémonos | retémosles | retémosles | |
| accusative | not used | retémoslo, retémosla | retémoslo, retémosla | retémonos | retémoslos, retémoslas | retémoslos, retémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative retad | |||||||
| dative | retadme | retadle | retadle | retadnos | retaos, retadles | retadles | |
| accusative | retadme | retadlo, retadla | retadlo, retadla | retadnos | retaos, retadlos, retadlas | retadlos, retadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative reten | |||||||
| dative | rétenme | rétente, rétenle | rétenle, rétense | rétenos | rétenles | rétenles, rétense | |
| accusative | rétenme | rétente, rétenlo, rétenla | rétenlo, rétenla, rétense | rétenos | rétenlos, rétenlas | rétenlos, rétenlas, rétense | |