recuar

• arrecuar

From re- +‎ cu (“ass, back”). Compare Portuguese recuar, Spanish recular, French reculer and English recoil.

• IPA^(key): /rekuˈaɾ/

recuar (first-person singular present recúo, first-person singular preterite recuei, past participle recuado)
recuar (first-person singular present recuo, first-person singular preterite recuei, past participle recuado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to recede, to get back

   Synonyms: cear, desandar, estear, retroceder

2. to retreat; to desist

   Synonym: desistir

3. to recoil

• cu

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “recuar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “recu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “recuar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “recuar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “recuar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From re- +‎ cu +‎ -ar. Compare Spanish and Catalan recular, French reculer.

• Hyphenation: re‧cu‧ar

recuar (first-person singular present recuo, first-person singular preterite recuei, past participle recuado)

1. to recede, retreat
2. to indent
3. to recoil, flinch