reto

See also: retó

Asturian

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

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Catalan

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of retre

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French rets, Italian rete, Spanish red, ultimately from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈreto/
• Hyphenation: re‧to
• Rhymes: -eto

Noun

reto (accusative singular reton, plural retoj, accusative plural retojn)

1. net (in most senses, including mesh, tool for trapping, figuratively, computing network, Internet)

Derived terms

• ĉefreto
• eksterreta (“offline”)
• enreta (“online”)
• retejo (“website”)
• retpaĝo (“webpage”)
• retpoŝto (“email”)
• retumilo (“web browser”)
• retumi (“to surf the internet, to browse”)

 

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto reto, from French rets, Italian rete, Spanish red, ultimately from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreto/

Noun

reto (plural reti)

1. net, mesh, network, netting, web
2. (computing, Internet) Short for Interreto (“Internet”) (the Net); web

   Synonym: Interreto

Derived terms

• ekreta (“offline”)
• enreta (“online”)
• Interreto (“Internet”)
• retoloko, retosituo (“website”)
• retopagino (“web page”)

 

See also

• masho

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Latvian

Adjective

reto

1. vocative singular masculine form of retais
2. accusative singular masculine form of retais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of retais
4. genitive plural masculine form of retais
5. vocative singular feminine form of retais
6. accusative singular feminine form of retais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of retais
8. genitive plural feminine form of retais

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• recto (Brazilian)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/, [ˈχɛ.t̪ʊ]
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned term derived from earlier recto, borrowed from Latin rectus. Displaced Old Portuguese reyto.

Adjective

reto m (feminine singular reta, masculine plural retos, feminine plural retas, comparable)

1. Not crooked or bent; straight.
2. (of a person or institution) Not given to swindling, lying or fraud; honest; honorable; upright; righteous; just; fair.
3. (geometry, of an angle) Having ninety degrees; right.

Inflection

Inflection of reto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	reto	reta	retos	retas
comparative	mais reto	mais reta	mais retos	mais retas
superlative	o mais reto retíssimo	a mais reta retíssima	os mais retos retíssimos	as mais retas retíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Etymology 2

From earlier recto, from New Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”).

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. (anatomy) rectum (terminal part of the large intestine)

Further reading

• reto in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Etymology

From retar. Cognate with English repute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreto/, [ˈre.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge
2. dare

Verb

reto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of retar.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rote
• roté
• tero