Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin retrahere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /retɾaˈeɾ/ [re.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧tra‧er

Verb edit

retraer (first-person singular present retraigo, first-person singular preterite retraje, past participle retraído)

  1. to withdraw, to retract (something)
  2. to bring back (to cause one to remember)
    • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 10:
      El estilo me retrajo a un patio, que ha desaparecido []
      The style brought me back to a patio, which has disappeared []
  3. (reflexive) to withdraw (oneself), to shrink back

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