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English
Etymology
From Spanish reata, from reatar (“to retie”). Compare lariat.
Pronunciation
Noun
riata (plural riatas)
- (US, regional) A lariat or lasso.
1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter I, in The Understanding Heart:“You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “ […] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […] ”
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 429:A few blocks from the capitol we stripped him, cut off everything hanging between his legs, then fixed him with a riata and dragged him up and down Congress.
Anagrams
- Arita, Atari, Atira, Taira, aarti, arati, atari, atria, raita, taira, tarai, tiara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrjata/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: ria‧ta
Noun
riata f (plural riatas)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, colloquial) a beating
- darle riata a alguien ― to give someone a beating
- echar riata ― to work hard, train hard
- (El Salvador, Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
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