retractar

Portuguese

Verb

retractar (first-person singular present retracto, first-person singular preterite retractei, past participle retractado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retratar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retractar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	retractar
Personal	retractar	retractares	retractar	retractarmos	retractardes	retractarem
Gerund
	retractando
Past participle
Masculine	retractado			retractados
Feminine	retractada			retractadas
Indicative
Present	retracto	retractas	retracta	retractamos	retractais	retractam
Imperfect	retractava	retractavas	retractava	retractávamos	retractáveis	retractavam
Preterite	retractei	retractaste	retractou	retractamos1, retractámos2	retractastes	retractaram
Pluperfect	retractara	retractaras	retractara	retractáramos	retractáreis	retractaram
Future	retractarei	retractarás	retractará	retractaremos	retractareis	retractarão
Conditional	retractaria	retractarias	retractaria	retractaríamos	retractaríeis	retractariam
Subjunctive
Present	retracte	retractes	retracte	retractemos	retracteis	retractem
Imperfect	retractasse	retractasses	retractasse	retractássemos	retractásseis	retractassem
Future	retractar	retractares	retractar	retractarmos	retractardes	retractarem
Imperative
Affirmative		retracta	retracte	retractemos	retractai	retractem
Negative (não)		não retractes	não retracte	não retractemos	não retracteis	não retractem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin retractāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retɾaɡˈtaɾ/ [re.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧trac‧tar

Verb

retractar (first-person singular present retracto, first-person singular preterite retracté, past participle retractado)

1. to retract, to take back (one's words)
2. (reflexive) to retract, to recant, to take back (one's words)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retractar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			retractar
gerund			retractando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		retractado		retractada
		plural		retractados		retractadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	retracto	retractastú retractásvos	retracta	retractamos	retractáis	retractan
	imperfect	retractaba	retractabas	retractaba	retractábamos	retractabais	retractaban
	preterite	retracté	retractaste	retractó	retractamos	retractasteis	retractaron
	future	retractaré	retractarás	retractará	retractaremos	retractaréis	retractarán
	conditional	retractaría	retractarías	retractaría	retractaríamos	retractaríais	retractarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	retracte	retractestú retractésvos2	retracte	retractemos	retractéis	retracten
	imperfect (ra)	retractara	retractaras	retractara	retractáramos	retractarais	retractaran
	imperfect (se)	retractase	retractases	retractase	retractásemos	retractaseis	retractasen
	future1	retractare	retractares	retractare	retractáremos	retractareis	retractaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		retractatú retractávos	retracte	retractemos	retractad	retracten
	negative		no retractes	no retracte	no retractemos	no retractéis	no retracten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of retractar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive retractar
	dative	retractarme	retractarte	retractarle, retractarse	retractarnos	retractaros	retractarles, retractarse
	accusative	retractarme	retractarte	retractarlo, retractarla, retractarse	retractarnos	retractaros	retractarlos, retractarlas, retractarse
with gerund retractando
	dative	retractándome	retractándote	retractándole, retractándose	retractándonos	retractándoos	retractándoles, retractándose
	accusative	retractándome	retractándote	retractándolo, retractándola, retractándose	retractándonos	retractándoos	retractándolos, retractándolas, retractándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative retracta
	dative	retráctame	retráctate	retráctale	retráctanos	not used	retráctales
	accusative	retráctame	retráctate	retráctalo, retráctala	retráctanos	not used	retráctalos, retráctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative retractá
	dative	retractame	retractate	retractale	retractanos	not used	retractales
	accusative	retractame	retractate	retractalo, retractala	retractanos	not used	retractalos, retractalas
with formal second-person singular imperative retracte
	dative	retrácteme	not used	retráctele, retráctese	retráctenos	not used	retrácteles
	accusative	retrácteme	not used	retráctelo, retráctela, retráctese	retráctenos	not used	retráctelos, retráctelas
with first-person plural imperative retractemos
	dative	not used	retractémoste	retractémosle	retractémonos	retractémoos	retractémosles
	accusative	not used	retractémoste	retractémoslo, retractémosla	retractémonos	retractémoos	retractémoslos, retractémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative retractad
	dative	retractadme	not used	retractadle	retractadnos	retractaos	retractadles
	accusative	retractadme	not used	retractadlo, retractadla	retractadnos	retractaos	retractadlos, retractadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative retracten
	dative	retráctenme	not used	retráctenle	retráctennos	not used	retráctenles, retráctense
	accusative	retráctenme	not used	retráctenlo, retráctenla	retráctennos	not used	retráctenlos, retráctenlas, retráctense

Related terms

• retracción
• retractable
• retractación
• retraer

 

Further reading

• “retractar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28