retraído

adj.

1 withdrawn, shy, introverted, reserved.

2 abashed.

3 shy.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: retraer.

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retraído

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=retraer}}retraer

► adjetivo

1 (tímido) shy, reserved

2 (solitario) solitary

3 (poco comunicativo) unsociable, withdrawn

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(f. - retraída)

adj.

retiring

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ADJ (=tímido) shy, reserved

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-da adjetivo withdrawn, retiring (before n)

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= self-effacing, withdrawn, reclusive, reserved.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.

Ex. Then, just days later, the usually reclusive leader of the Pakistani Taliban Mehsud held a news conference of his own, in the same region.

Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

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-da adjetivo withdrawn, retiring (before n)

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= self-effacing, withdrawn, reclusive, reserved.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.

Ex: Then, just days later, the usually reclusive leader of the Pakistani Taliban Mehsud held a news conference of his own, in the same region.

Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

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retraído -da

adjective

withdrawn, retiring (before n)

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Del verbo retraer: (conjugate retraer)

retraído es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
retraer    
retraído
retraído

◊ -da adjetivo

withdrawn, retiring (before n)
retraer verbo transitivo
1 (las uñas, etc) to retract, draw in
2 (de un intento) to dissuade, put off: la timidez le retrajo de llamar, his shyness kept him from calling
retraído,-a adjetivo shy, reserved

'retraído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retraída
- tímido
English:
retiring
- withdrawn

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retraído, -a adj

withdrawn, retiring

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retraído

I part → retraer

II adj withdrawn

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retraído, -da adj

: withdrawn, retiring, shy