retrógrado
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do
=== Adjective ===
retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)
retrograde
=== Further reading ===
“retrógrado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin retrōgradus, from retrō (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: re‧tró‧gra‧do
=== Adjective ===
retrógrado (feminine retrógrada, masculine plural retrógrados, feminine plural retrógradas)
retrograde (moving backwards)
opposing progress
=== Noun ===
retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)
someone who opposes progress
=== Further reading ===
“retrógrado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“retrógrado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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)
retrograde (moving backwards)
backwards, opposing progress
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
retrógrado m (plural retrógrados, feminine retrógrada, feminine plural retrógradas)
someone who opposes progress
=== Further reading ===
“retrógrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025