recular

From cul or from French reculer.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kuˈlaɾ]

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recular (first-person singular present reculo, first-person singular preterite reculí, past participle reculat)

1. to back up; to move backwards
2. to turn around, to go back
3. (figuratively) to back down
4. to postpone

• “recular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /rekuˈlaɾ/ [re.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧lar

recular (first-person singular present reculo, first-person singular preterite reculé, past participle reculado)

1. to go back, move backwards, reverse
2. to back out, back down

• “recular”, 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