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Etymology
Inherited from Latin arista.
Pronunciation
Noun
aresta f (plural arestes)
- awn, arista (the bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc.)
- fishbone
- Synonym: espina
- splinter
- (geometry) edge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
Noun
aresta f (plural arestas)
- awn, arista (the bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc.)
- Synonym: argana
1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos è Farruco:acababannos con todo canto tiñamos sin deixârnos nin un-a aresta- they ended with everything we had and didn't leave us not even an awn
- flax bast and chaff
- Synonyms: tasco, tomento
- ridge (line of intersection)
References
- “aresta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “aresta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aresta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aresta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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Verb
aresta
- third-person singular present indicative of arester
- third-person plural present indicative of arester
- second-person singular imperative of arester
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧res‧ta
Noun
aresta f (plural arestas)
- (geometry) edge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)
- (graph theory) line (edge of a graph)
- Synonym: arco
- (graph theory) edge (any of the pairs of vertices in a graph)
- ridge (line of intersection)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
From arest, or based on French arrêter, Italian arrestare.
Verb
a aresta (third-person singular present arestează, past participle arestat) 1st conj.
- to arrest
Conjugation
Derived terms
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arista
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾesta/
- Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: a‧res‧ta
Noun
aresta f (plural arestas)
- thorn
- Synonyms: espina, aguja, púa, pincho
Further reading