reata

English

Alternative forms

• riata

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɑːtə/

Noun

reata (plural reatas)

1. A lariat or lasso.
   • 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:

     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.

Translations

lasso — see lasso

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Spanish

Etymology

From reatar (“retie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈata/ [reˈa.t̪a]

Noun

reata f (plural reatas)

1. rope, lasso
2. single file
3. (Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar) penis
4. (Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness

Synonyms

• (penis): See Thesaurus:pene.
• (drunkenness): See Thesaurus:borrachera.

Derived terms

• reatazo

Further reading

• “reata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014