retrograde

regresivo, retrógrado

Que supone volver a una situación peor o menos desarrollada.

En inglés sencillo: Returning to a worse or less developed condition.

• Closing the library is a retrograde step.
• The new restrictions represent a retrograde development.
• Doctors warned against this retrograde change in patient care.

Sinónimos: regressive, backward

Antónimos: progressive

Expresiones frecuentes: a retrograde step, retrograde development, a retrograde change

retrógrado

Que se mueve hacia atrás o en dirección contraria a la habitual.

En inglés sencillo: Moving backwards or in the opposite direction to the usual movement.

• The diagram shows retrograde motion.
• This satellite follows a retrograde orbit.
• The valve prevents retrograde flow in the pipe.

Sinónimos: backward, reverse

Antónimos: forward, prograde

Expresiones frecuentes: retrograde motion, retrograde orbit, retrograde flow

retrógrado, reaccionario

Que rechaza cambios para mejorar la sociedad y quiere conservar las creencias o los sistemas antiguos.

En inglés sencillo: Opposing changes intended to improve society and wanting to keep older beliefs or systems.

• He holds retrograde views about women.
• The campaign challenged retrograde attitudes towards marriage.
• Critics described the party's opposition to reform as retrograde.

Sinónimos: reactionary, conservative, backward-looking

Antónimos: progressive, reformist

Expresiones frecuentes: retrograde ideas, retrograde attitudes, retrograde social views

inverso, retrógrado

Ordenado al revés, empezando por lo que normalmente iría al final.

En inglés sencillo: Arranged in the opposite order, starting with what would usually come last.

• Read the letters in retrograde order.
• The second line presents the notes in retrograde sequence.
• This retrograde arrangement puts the final element first.

Sinónimos: reverse, reversed, inverse

Expresiones frecuentes: retrograde order, retrograde sequence, retrograde arrangement

retrogradación, movimiento retrógrado

Movimiento aparente de un planeta por el cielo en dirección contraria a la habitual.

En inglés sencillo: A planet's apparent movement across the sky in the opposite direction to its usual movement.

• Mercury is in retrograde this month.
• The chart shows the beginning of Mars's retrograde.
• A retrograde occurs because Earth and the other planet move at different speeds.

Cómo se usa: in retrograde (Mars appears to move backwards when it is in retrograde.)

Sinónimos: retrograde motion

Expresiones frecuentes: mercury in retrograde, during the retrograde, a planetary retrograde

retroceso

Movimiento hacia atrás o en dirección contraria a la habitual o prevista.

En inglés sencillo: A movement backwards or in the opposite direction to what is usual or intended.

• The machine made a sudden retrograde.
• A slight retrograde moved the pointer away from its target.
• The diagram marks each advance and retrograde with an arrow.

Sinónimos: backward movement, reversal

Antónimos: advance

Expresiones frecuentes: a sudden retrograde, a slow retrograde

retrógrado, reaccionario

Persona que rechaza los cambios sociales y quiere conservar las creencias o los sistemas antiguos.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who opposes social change and wants to keep older beliefs or systems.

• They called him a retrograde.
• The reformers dismissed their opponent as a political retrograde.
• Even the retrogrades eventually accepted the new voting rules.

Sinónimos: reactionary, conservative

Antónimos: reformer, progressive

Expresiones frecuentes: a political retrograde, an ageing retrograde

retrogradación, retrogradación melódica

Versión de una melodía cuyas notas se tocan en orden inverso, desde la última hasta la primera.

En inglés sencillo: A version of a tune with its notes played in reverse order, from last to first.

• The pianist played the retrograde.
• Write a retrograde of this short melody.
• The composer combined the original theme with its retrograde.

Cómo se usa: retrograde of something (The second theme is a retrograde of the first.)

Expresiones frecuentes: a melodic retrograde, retrograde of something, theme and retrograde