reata
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Spanish reata.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /riˈɑːtə/
Noun [edit]
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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Translations [edit]
lasso — see lasso
Alternative forms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From reatar (“retrie”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /reˈata/
Noun [edit]
reata f (plural reatas)
- A rope; a lasso.
- Single file.
- (Mexico) Prick, cock.