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retrace Meaning in Spanish (retrace significado en español)

retraer
retraer in English:retrace
Phonetic:re-tra-er
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de retrace en español es retraer. (Volver sobre el mismo camino o curso que se acaba de tomar, a menudo para encontrar algo o para comprender eventos pasados.)

Definitions of Retrace

  1. 1
    verb
    retraer

    To go back over the same path or course that one has just taken, often to find something or to understand past events.

    Volver sobre el mismo camino o curso que se acaba de tomar, a menudo para encontrar algo o para comprender eventos pasados.

Example Sentences

casual

“We had to retrace our steps to find the lost keys.”

Tuvimos que retroceder nuestros pasos para encontrar las llaves perdidas.

formal

“The detective tried to retrace the suspect's movements.”

El detective intentó reconstruir los movimientos del sospechoso.

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Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In English:

backtrackgo backreturnrevisit

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In English:

advanceproceedmove forward

Inflected Word Forms

third person singularretraces
past tenseretraced
present participleretracing

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

retrace one's stepscollocation

To go back along the same route one has just taken.