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Learn Spanish (Spain): retirarse - to retreat

Spanish (Spain)
/Past conditions with compound infinitives (de haber)
/retirarse

retirarse

Word

retirarse

Meaning

to retreat

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Spain)

Lesson

Past conditions with compound infinitives (de haber)

Usages of retirarse

De haber previsto la derrota, la reina se habría retirado.

If she had foreseen the defeat, the queen would have retreated.

Dado que el cálculo del general fue erróneo, de habernos retirado, estaríamos vivos.

Given that the general's calculation was erroneous, if we had retreated, we would be alive.

De haberse retirado antes, la victoria habría sido imposible.

If they had retreated before, the victory would have been impossible.

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