/retɾoθeˈðeɾ/
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Translation
to move back, to retreat
Word origin
From Latin retrocedere, from retro ('backwards') plus cedere ('to go, to yield'). The same cedere gives English 'recede' and 'cede'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- retrocedere
- English cognates
- recede, cede
Grammar
Verb type-er regular
Examples
aparcar.
The car had to back up a few metres to park.
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On seeing the dog, the boy stepped back in fright.
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I am not going to back down now that we are so close.
¡ , !
Move back a bit, we do not all fit here!
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The army had to retreat as far as the river.
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