Meanings (ES + gloss)
chistar • contrarreplicar • despachurrar • despanchurrar • espanchurrar • replicar • reponer • retrucar • revirar
To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
“It is a pity,” he retorted with aggravating meekness, “that they do not use a little common sense. The case resembles that of Columbus' egg, and is every bit as simple.[…]”