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Meaning of retro | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. back, backwards, behind
    not-comparable
  2. before, formerly
    not-comparable

Equivalents

English back back backwards before behind formerly

Examples

“Vāde retrō, Satanā!”

Get thee behind me, Satan!

“… sistere aquam fluviīs, et vertere sīdera retrō, / nocturnōsque movet mānīs ….”

“[The enchantress claims that she is able] to halt the water [current] in rivers, and to turn stars backwards, and evoke nocturnal souls of the dead ….”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

retrorsum revera ridicule ridiculissime ridiculius rite

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