retoque

See also: retoqué

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: retoquent, retoques

Verb

retoque

1. inflection of retoquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ki/ [heˈtɔ.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ki/ [heˈtɔ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ki/ [χeˈtɔ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔ.ke/ [heˈtɔ.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from retocar.

Noun

retoque m (plural retoques)

1. tweak (a slight adjustment or modification)
2. retouch (act of retouching)

Etymology 2

Verb

retoque

1. inflection of retocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “retoque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “retoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtoke/ [reˈt̪o.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: re‧to‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from retocar.

Noun

retoque m (plural retoques)

1. retouching; touch up

   Necesito darle un retoque antes de enviarlo.

   I need to give it a touch up before sending it.

Etymology 2

Verb

retoque

1. inflection of retocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “retoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024