retrógrado

See also: retrogrado, retrogradó, and retrogradò

Galician

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɾɔɡɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾɔ.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /reˈtɾɔɡɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾɔ.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /reˈtɾɔħɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾɔ.ħɾa.ð̞ʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔɡɾado

• Rhymes: -ɔɡɾado
• Rhymes: -ɔħɾado

• Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do

Adjective

retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. retrograde

Further reading

• “retrógrado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du/ [heˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du/ [heˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du/ [χeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.do/ [heˈtɾɔ.ɡɾa.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɾɔ.ɡɾɐ.du/ [ʁɨˈtɾɔ.ɣɾɐ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do

Adjective

retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. retrograde (moving backwards)
2. opposing progress

Noun

retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. someone who opposes progress

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɾoɡɾado/ [reˈt̪ɾo.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɡɾado
• Syllabification: re‧tró‧gra‧do

Adjective

retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. retrograde (moving backwards)
2. backwards, opposing progress

Derived terms

• amnesia retrógrada

 

Noun

retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)

1. someone who opposes progress

Further reading

• “retrógrado”, 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