retidas

Retidas is the feminine plural form of the Portuguese adjective retido (or retenido) used as a past participle to indicate that something has been kept back, detained, or withheld. The form agrees with feminine plural nouns and is commonly found in formal or technical writing.

In legal, administrative, and logistical contexts, retidas denotes items or persons that are temporarily held back. Examples include mercadorias retidas (goods detained), pessoas retidas (detained people), or documentos retidos (retained documents). In taxation and finance, the term can appear in phrases such as receitas retidas or lucros retidos, the latter referring to retained earnings—profits that have not been distributed to shareholders. It is also used in discussions of withholding taxes, as in impostos retidos na fonte (taxes withheld at source).

Etymology and usage notes: retido derives from the Latin retinere, meaning to hold back. The feminine plural retidas reflects agreement with feminine plural nouns. The term is closely related to retenção (retention) and to other forms such asretido, retenível (capable of being retained), and detido (detained). While retidas can function descriptively for things or people that are kept or detained, it is important to choose the correct gender and number to match the noun it modifies.

See also: retenção, retenção na fonte, lucros retidos, mercadorias retidas.