Borrowed from Latin retrōcēdere (“to retrocede”). By surface analysis, retro- +‎ ceder.

retroceder (first-person singular present retrocedo, first-person singular preterite retrocedi, past participle retrocedido)

1. to regress (to revert to a previous state, especially one that is worse)

   Synonyms: regredir, regressar, decair, retrogradar

2. to return (to go back to a previous location)

   Synonyms: voltar, regressar

3. (law) to retrocede; to return (to grant property back)

• retrocessão
• retrocesso

Borrowed from Latin retrōcēdere (“to retrocede”). Compare English retrocede.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /retɾoθeˈdeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /retɾoseˈdeɾ/

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧tro‧ce‧der

retroceder (first-person singular present retrocedo, first-person singular preterite retrocedí, past participle retrocedido)

1. (intransitive) to back up, to go back, to step back, to move backward, to shrink back
2. (intransitive) to retreat, to fall back, to recede, to draw back
3. (intransitive) to regress
4. (intransitive) to backtrack
5. (intransitive) to recoil

• “retroceder”, 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