retroceso

Definitions of retroceso
  1. noun
    a movement back from an impact
    synonyms: contragolpe, culatazo, rechazo, reculada, resaca
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    types:
    carambola, rebote
    a glancing rebound
    type of:
    movimiento
    a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  2. noun
    process of changing to an inferior state
    synonyms: agravación, agravamiento, agudización, agudizamiento, bajón, degradación, deterioro, empeoramiento, peoría, recrudecimiento
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    type of:
    caída, disminución
    change toward something smaller or lower
  3. noun
    a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
    synonyms: bajón, depresión, hoyo, mella, muesca
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    type of:
    crisis
    an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
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