retrocesso
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.troˈt͡ʃɛs.so/
- Rhymes: -ɛsso
- Hyphenation: re‧tro‧cès‧so
Participle
retrocesso (feminine retrocessa, masculine plural retrocessi, feminine plural retrocesse)
- past participle of retrocedere
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
retrōcessō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of retrōcessus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin retrōcessus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.tɾoˈsɛ.su/ [he.tɾoˈsɛ.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.tɾoˈsɛ.su/ [χe.tɾoˈsɛ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.tɾoˈsɛ.so/ [he.tɾoˈsɛ.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.tɾuˈsɛ.su/
- Rhymes: -ɛsu
- Hyphenation: re‧tro‧ces‧so
Noun
retrocesso m (plural retrocessos)
- retreat (act or effect of going back, return to a previous state)
- setback (reversion to a situation in which there is a lesser degree of evolution or development)
- delay
Related terms
verbs
Further reading
- “retrocesso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “retrocesso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025