retal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rectal (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtaw/ [heˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtaw/ [heˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtaw/ [χeˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈtal/ [ʁɛˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈtal/ [ʁɛˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈta.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: re‧tal

Adjective

retal m or f (plural retais, not comparable)

1. rectal

Related terms

• reto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtal/ [reˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧tal

Noun

retal m (plural retales)

1. remnant, relic

Further reading

• “retal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014