# retar
## English
### Etymology

From re- +‎ tar.

### Verb

retar (third-person singular simple present retars, present participle retarring, simple past and past participle retarred)
* (transitive) To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.

### Anagrams

* Arter, Terra, arrêt, arter, rater, tarre, terra

## Ainu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾe.taɾ/

### Verb

retar (Kana spelling レタㇻ)
* to be white

### See also

Colors in Ainu · iro / イロ (layout · text) :
| retar / レタㇻ | ruretar / ルレタㇻ | kunne / クンネ |
| hure / フレ | | sikerpepeus / シケㇾペペウㇱ |
| | hukinane / フキナネ | |
| | nis iro / ニㇲ イロ | siwnin / シウニン |
| | | ruhure / ルフレ |

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin reputāre.

### Verb

retar (first-person singular indicative present reto, past participle retáu)
* to challenge (to invite someone to take part in a competition)

#### Synonyms

* desafiar

#### Related terms

* retu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* arretar

### Etymology

From Old French reter, from Latin reputāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈtaɾ/

### Verb

retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite retei, past participle retado)
* to defy, challenge
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 710:Monesteus, o duc de Atenas, se leuantou entõ en pe, et diso que el o defendería moy bẽ contra qualquer que o quisese rretar ou quisese dizer que el [nõ] deuía a rreynar(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to reprimand, scold
* to incite, stir up
    Synonyms: apurrar, encirrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* reto

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “retar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “retar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arretar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “retar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “retar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arretar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish reptar, probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre. Doublet of reputar, a borrowing from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈtaɾ/ [reˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧tar

### Verb

retar (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite reté, past participle retado)
* to defy, challenge
    Synonym: desafiar
* to dare
* to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
* (Ecuador, Bolivia, Cono Sur) to scold, reprimand
    Synonyms: reñir, regañar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* retador
* retante
* reto

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “retar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 890

### Further reading

* “retar”, 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

## Swedish
### Verb

retar
* present indicative of reta

### Anagrams

* arter