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rétorquer

Level C1

Meaning

to retort, counter, reply sharply

Example

Le ministre a rétorqué que les chiffres avancés par l'opposition dataient de trois ans.

The minister retorted that the figures put forward by the opposition were three years old.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

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