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retain
[rɪˈteɪn]
verbo transitivo
1. conservar (keep); retener (heat)
2. sujetar (hold in place)
  • retaining wall -> muro (m) de contención
3. retener (remember)

retain [ri-tein]
1. Retener, guardar, conservar.
2. Tomar a sueldo o ajustar a un mozo, sirviente, etc.; especialmente, contratar un abogado, pagarle honorarios anticipados.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3. Pertenecer, ser dependiente o criado. (n)
sustantivo
  • To retain youthful vigor -> conservar el vigor de la juventud
  • Retaining-fee -> V
  • Retaining-wall -> pared maestra, muro de apoyo
va.(Arq.) Servir de sosté RETAINER, 4a acep.

retain [rɪˈteɪn]
verb:transitive
1 (hold back) retener; (keep in one's possession) guardar; quedarse con; (keep in memory) recordar; retener
2 (sign up) [+lawyer] contratar

Verb Conjugation for "retain"

Imperative
  • retain
  • you retain
  • he/she retains
  • we retain
  • you retain
  • they retain
Preterite
  • I retained
  • you retained
  • he/she retained
  • we retained
  • you retained
  • they retained
Present Continuous
  • I am retaining
  • you are retaining
  • he/she is retaining
  • we are retaining
  • you are retaining
  • they are retaining
Present Perfect
  • I have retained
  • you have retained
  • he/she has retained
  • we have retained
  • you have retained
  • they have retained
Past Continuous
  • I was retaining
  • you were retaining
  • he/she was retaining
  • we were retaining
  • you were retaining
  • they were retaining
Past Perfect
  • I had retained
  • you had retained
  • he/she had retained
  • we had retained
  • you had retained
  • they had retained
Future
  • I will retain
  • you will retain
  • he/she will retain
  • we will retain
  • you will retain
  • they will retain
Future Perfect
  • I will have retained
  • you will have retained
  • he/she will have retained
  • we will have retained
  • you will have retained
  • they will have retained
Future Continuous
  • I will be retaining
  • you will be retaining
  • he/she will be retaining
  • we will be retaining
  • you will be retaining
  • they will be retaining
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been retaining
  • you have been retaining
  • he/she has been retaining
  • we have been retaining
  • you have been retaining
  • they have been retaining
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been retaining
  • you will have been retaining
  • he/she will have been retaining
  • we will have been retaining
  • you will have been retaining
  • they will have been retaining
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been retaining
  • you had been retaining
  • he/she had been retaining
  • we had been retaining
  • you had been retaining
  • they had been retaining
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