retroceso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backtrack verb To go back the way you came, retracing your own steps or route.
- decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
- recoil verb To jerk or pull back suddenly, especially from fear, disgust, or shock.
- regression noun A return to an earlier, usually less developed or less desirable, state.
- reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.
- throwback noun Something or someone that recalls or resembles an earlier era or stage.
Senses
retroceso is used for these senses in English:
- backspace The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
- backspace (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
- backtrack the act of backtracking
- decline A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- recoil (firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
- regression An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
- reverse The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.) [from 19th c.]
- throwback A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
backtrack — full definition
- verb To go back the way you came, retracing your own steps or route.
- verb To reverse or withdraw an earlier statement, promise, or position.
decline — full definition
- verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
- verb To politely refuse an offer or invitation.
- noun A gradual decrease or worsening.