reata
English
Alternative forms
- riata
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish reata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiˈɑːtə/
Noun
reata (plural reatas)
- 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.
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Translations
lasso — see lasso
Estonian
Noun
reata
- abessive singular of rida
Spanish
Etymology
From reatar (“retie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈata/ [reˈa.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: re‧a‧ta
Noun
reata f (plural reatas)
- rope, lasso
- single file
- (Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
- (Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
- reatazo
Verb
reata
- inflection of reatar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “reata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014