retrogradar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retɾoɡɾaˈdaɾ/ [re.t̪ɾo.ɣ̞ɾaˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧tro‧gra‧dar

Verb

retrogradar (first-person singular present retrogrado, first-person singular preterite retrogradé, past participle retrogradado)

1. to retrograde

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retrogradar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			retrogradar
gerund			retrogradando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		retrogradado		retrogradada
		plural		retrogradados		retrogradadas
		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	retrogrado	retrogradastú retrogradásvos	retrograda	retrogradamos	retrogradáis	retrogradan
	imperfect	retrogradaba	retrogradabas	retrogradaba	retrogradábamos	retrogradabais	retrogradaban
	preterite	retrogradé	retrogradaste	retrogradó	retrogradamos	retrogradasteis	retrogradaron
	future	retrogradaré	retrogradarás	retrogradará	retrogradaremos	retrogradaréis	retrogradarán
	conditional	retrogradaría	retrogradarías	retrogradaría	retrogradaríamos	retrogradaríais	retrogradarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	retrograde	retrogradestú retrogradésvos2	retrograde	retrogrademos	retrogradéis	retrograden
	imperfect (ra)	retrogradara	retrogradaras	retrogradara	retrogradáramos	retrogradarais	retrogradaran
	imperfect (se)	retrogradase	retrogradases	retrogradase	retrogradásemos	retrogradaseis	retrogradasen
	future1	retrogradare	retrogradares	retrogradare	retrogradáremos	retrogradareis	retrogradaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		retrogradatú retrogradávos	retrograde	retrogrademos	retrogradad	retrograden
	negative		no retrogrades	no retrograde	no retrogrademos	no retrogradéis	no retrograden

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

Further reading

• “retrogradar”, 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