reta

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: re‧ta

Verb

reta

  1. inflection of retar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From reto (“net”, noun) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: re‧ta

Adjective

reta (accusative singular retan, plural retaj, accusative plural retajn)

  1. net (in most senses, including mesh, tool for trapping, figurative, computing network, Internet)
    Reta Vortaro ― Internet Dictionary

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: rė‧ta

Verb

reta

  1. inflection of retar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Iban

Etymology

From Malay harta, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).

Noun

reta

  1. property
  2. wealth
  3. treasure

Derived terms

Latvian

Adjective

reta

  1. inflection of rets:
    1. genitive masculine singular
    2. nominative feminine singular

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from ratować.

Pronunciation

Noun

reta f

  1. (Far Masovian) synonym of ratunek

Further reading

  • Antoni Waga (1860) “reta”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 757

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rēcta, feminine of rēctus (“straight”), from perfect passive participle of regō (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to direct”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ta

Adjective

reta

  1. feminine singular of reto

Noun

reta f (plural retas)

  1. (geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure)
  2. a straight section of a path or road
    Antonym: curva

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: re‧ta

Verb

reta

  1. inflection of retar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse reita, from Proto-Germanic *wraitijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

reta (present retar, preterite retade, supine retat, imperative reta)

  1. to tease
  2. to annoy or irritate or provoke; to make somebody or something irritated

Conjugation

Conjugation of reta (weak)
active passive
infinitive reta retas
supine retat retats
imperative reta —
imper. plural1 reten —
present past present past
indicative retar retade retas retades
ind. plural1 reta retade retas retades
subjunctive2 rete retade retes retades
present participle retande
past participle retad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Compounds

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