reata
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Spanish reata.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /riˈɑːtə/
[edit] Noun
reata (plural reatas)
- A lariat or lasso.
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- 1994: The riders overtook them laughing and circled the cart at a full gallop until one of them took down his reata and dropped a loop over the mule’s head and brought it to a halt. — Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
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[edit] Translations
lasso — see lasso
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From reatar (“retrie”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /reˈata/
[edit] Noun
reata f. (plural reatas)
- A rope; a lasso.
- Single file.
- (Mexico) Prick, cock.
