rete-

See also: rete, retè, reté, and réte

Dutch

Etymology

From reet (“ass, butt”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

rete-

1. (informal, before adjectives) very, extremely, hugely

   retecool ― supercool

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with rete-

retecool

reteveel

Spanish

Etymology

A variation of the intensive prefix re-.

Prefix

rete-

1. (colloquial) to a great extent, very

   Synonyms: re-, requete-, recontra-, -ísimo, muy

Further reading

• “rete-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10