1(give up work)[+worker]retirarse;(at age limit)jubilarse;retirarse;[+professional sportsperson, military officer]retirarse
she is retiring from professional tennis this yearse retira del tenis profesional este año
in 1974 he retired from the museumhe retires as chairman of the board at the end of this yearhe ran it for over half a century, until he retired as its managerat the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new careeralthough their careers are important many said they plan to retire at 50Gladys retired at the age of sixty-eightwomen and men will be able to retire five years earlierI have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the seasonmost racing cyclists have retired by the age of thirtythe Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force is retiring from active duty in 1965to retire [on] a pension
she retired on a good pensionse jubiló or se retiró con una buena pensión;he retired to the South of Francese jubiló or se retiró y se fue a vivir al sur de Francia
Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg
2(withdraw)retirarse
the jury has retired to consider its verdictel jurado se ha retirado a deliberar para dar su veredicto;to retire from public liferetirarse de or abandonar la vida pública
I retired to my study upstairsto retire from the worldto retire [into] o.s.
3(go to bed)acostarse;retirarse (formal)
she retires early most nightsshe retired early with a good bookdon't eat just before retiring or retire just after eating
to retire to bedretire for the nightir a dormir;ir a acostarse
some time after midnight, he retired to bedthey had already retired for the night when we got back
he retired in the fifth lap with engine troubleabandonó or se retiró en la quinta vuelta debido a problemas con el motor
she was forced to retire from the competition with a knee injuryone of the most serious injuries was to Simon Littlejohn, who was /forced to retire from the race with a leg injury/Antonitsch retired injured in the third set of his match against the CanadianGreat Ovation retired lame
5(Mil)[+troops, army]retirarse
Yamamoto was forced to retire to safety4,000 British soldiers were retiring towards Ladysmith after an inconclusive battle
he was compulsorily retiredle dieron la jubilación forzosa;le obligaron a jubilarse
if he does badly they may retire himhe made himself immensely unpopular by retiring 90 members of the company within the first few yearsI believe he was retired early from a university somewhere or otherthe court found that he should have been retired at a higher rank and awarded him back payMalone was retired from the British Army
/the horse went lame and was retired from racing/ three days laterFager was voted horse of the year and was then retired to studthe Rangers'first two batters were retired easily
3(Economics)[+bond]redimir
so long as the bond is callable, /it can be prematurely retired/ any time the issuer cares to/the whole issue is being retired/ before its time, and there's nothing you can do but turn in your bond and invest your money elsewhere