| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | re·ten·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | retenas |
| Past tense | retenis |
| Future tense | retenos |
| Conditional mood | |
| retenus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| retenu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | retenanta | retenata |
| Past tense | reteninta | retenita |
| Future tense | retenonta | retenota |
| Czech | zadržet |
|---|---|
| Danish | opholde |
| Dutch | detineren; reserveren; terughouden; inhouden; verbijten; wederhouden |
| English | detain; hold back; retain; reserve; withhold |
| Faeroese | halda eftir; halda frá; taka |
| French | réprimer |
| German | zurückhalten |
| Italian | ritenere |
| Portuguese | deter; reter |
| Saterland Frisian | touräächhoolde |
| Spanish | retener |
| West Frisian | ôfhâlde |