repto

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See also: reptó

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

repto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reptar (to challenge; to reprimand)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

repto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reptar (to crawl)

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of rēpō.

Pronunciation

Verb

rēptō (present infinitive rēptāre, perfect active rēptāvī, supine rēptātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to crawl or creep (over or through)

Conjugation

  • The past passive participle rēptātus (on which one has crawled; crowded; where one has swum) exists.

Descendants

  • Catalan: reptar
  • Galician: reptar
  • Italian: rettare
  • Portuguese: reptar
  • Spanish: reptar

References

  • repto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem ab aliquo reptere de aliqua re (Cluent. 37. 104)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: rep‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from reptar.

Noun

repto m (plural reptos)

  1. challenge
    Synonym: desafio

Etymology 2

Verb

repto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reptar

Spanish

Verb

repto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reptar