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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese retẽer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin retinēre, present active infinitive of retineō (“detain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reter (first-person singular present reteño, first-person singular preterite retiven, past participle retido)
reter (first-person singular present retenho, first-person singular preterite retivem or retive, past participle retido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to retain, hold, keep
1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:Et tódalas outras cousas que aquí non son escriptas nen declaradas et as que aquí son escriptas et declaradas, o cabidoo et os vigarios dos canbeadores rreteen en sy o poder para senpre para corregeo et declarao commo lles aprouuer et viren que seerá bem et a prol de todos ontre sy et os ouliuez- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to withhold
Conjugation
Conjugation of reter (irregular)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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reter
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Personal
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reter
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reteres
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reter
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retermos
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reterdes
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reterem
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Gerund
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retendo
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Past participle
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Masculine
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retido
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retidos
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Feminine
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retida
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retidas
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Indicative
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Present
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retenho
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retés, reténs
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retém
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retemos
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retendes
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retenhem, retêm, retém1
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Imperfect
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retinha
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retinhas
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retinha
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retínhamos
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retínhades, retínheis, retínhais1
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retinham
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Preterite
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retivem, retive
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retiveste, retiveche1
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retivo, reteve
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retivemos
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retivestes
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retivérom, retiveram
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Pluperfect
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retivera
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retiveras
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retivera
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retivéramos
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retivérades, retivéreis, retivérais1
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retiveram
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Future
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reterei
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reterás
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reterá
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reteremos
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reteredes, retereis
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reterám, reterão
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Conditional
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reteria
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reterias
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reteria
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reteríamos
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reteríades, reteríeis, reteríais1
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reteriam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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retenha
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retenhas
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retenha
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retenhamos
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retenhades, retenhais
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retenham
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Imperfect
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retivesse
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retivesses
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retivesse
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retivéssemos
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retivéssedes, retivésseis
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retivessem
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Future
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retiver
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retiveres
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retiver
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retivermos
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retiverdes
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retiverem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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retém
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retenha
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retenhamos
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retende
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retenham
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Negative (nom)
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nom retenhas
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nom retenha
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nom retenhamos
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nom retenhades, nom retenhais
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nom retenham
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Related terms
References
- “reteer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “retee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “reter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “reter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin retinēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
reter (first-person singular present retenho, first-person singular preterite retive, past participle retido)
- (transitive) to retain, hold
- (transitive) to withhold
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to restrain oneself
Conjugation
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