reta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "reta"

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreta/ [ˈre.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: re‧ta

Verb

reta

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

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto reto

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto reta

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreta/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: 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/ [ˈre.t̪ɐ]
• 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

• bereta

Latvian

Adjective

reta

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

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from ratować.

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.ta]

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^[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 757

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• recta (pre-1990 spelling)

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [ˈhɛ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [ˈhɛ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [ˈχɛ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ta/ [ˈhɛ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/

• 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

• semirreta

Related terms

• retificar
• reto

Further reading

• “reta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “reta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreta/ [ˈre.t̪a]
• 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

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /ˈrêː.ta/

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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

Inflection

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.

Derived terms

• retfull
• retfullhet
• retlig
• retning
• retsticka
• skrattretande

Anagrams

• aret, erat, reat, trea