retre

See also: retré

Catalan

Alternative forms

• rendre (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin reddere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛ.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈre.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.tɾe]

Verb

retre (first-person singular present reto, first-person singular preterite retí, past participle retut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to give back, to return
2. to pay back, to repay
3. to pay off, to give profit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retre (second conjugation)

infinitive			retre
gerund			retent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		retut		retuda
		plural		retuts		retudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reto	rets	ret	retem	reteu	reten
	imperfect	retia	reties	retia	retíem	retíeu	retien
	future	retré	retràs	retrà	retrem	retreu	retran
	preterite	retí	reteres	reté	retérem	retéreu	reteren
	conditional	retria	retries	retria	retríem	retríeu	retrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reti	retis	reti	retem	reteu	retin
	imperfect	retés	retessis	retés	retéssim	retéssiu	retessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ret	reti	retem	reteu	retin
	negative (no)	—	no retis	no reti	no retem	no reteu	no retin

Further reading

• “retre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “retre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “retre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “retre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.