retrage

From re- +‎ trage, modeled after French retraire.

a retrage (third-person singular present retrage, past participle retras, third-person subjunctive retragă) 3rd conjugation

(reflexive, often participle) to become retracted, pull back
Ochii melcului se retrag la atingere.
A snail’s eyestalks retract upon touch.
(reflexive) to withdraw (leave a place)
(reflexive, military) to retreat
(reflexive) to retire, end one’s activity
(transitive) to retract (pull back or in)
Butonul acesta retrage cablul înapoi în aspirator.
This button pulls the cable back into the vacuum cleaner.
(transitive) to retract, recall (take back)
Synonym: (formal) retracta

a își retrage cuvintele ― to take back one’s words

a retrage de pe piață ― to recall from the market
(transitive, banking) to withdraw money
Synonym: (informal) scoate

Antonym: depune
(transitive) to revoke
Synonym: revoca

conjugation of retrage (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

More information infinitive, gerund ...

“retrage”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1975), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎, volume 9, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 369–370
Ana-Maria Barbu (2017), “retrage”, in Dicționar de contexte verbale [The Valence Lexicon of Romanian Verbs], Bucharest University Press, →ISBN, page 286

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