retaco

Spanish

Etymology

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Adjective

retaco (feminine retaca, masculine plural retacos, feminine plural retacas)

1. short; squat; midgety

Noun

retaco m (plural retacos, feminine retaca, feminine plural retacas)

1. midget; shortie

Noun

retaco m (plural retacos)

1. (cue sports) short cue

Further reading

• “retaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025