reto
Asturian
Verb
reto
- first-person singular present indicative of retar
Catalan
Verb
reto
- first-person singular present indicative form of retre
Esperanto
Etymology
From French rets, Italian rete, Spanish red, ultimately from Latin rēte.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈreto]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: re‧to
Noun
reto (accusative singular reton, plural retoj, accusative plural retojn)
- net (in most senses, including mesh, tool for trapping, figurative, 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”)
Galician
Noun
reto m (plural retos)
- challenge
Related terms
- retar
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto reto, from French rets, Italian rete, Spanish red, ultimately from Latin rēte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreto/
Noun
reto (plural reti)
- net, mesh, network, netting, web
- (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
Latvian
Adjective
reto
- vocative singular masculine form of retais
- accusative singular masculine form of retais
- instrumental singular masculine form of retais
- genitive plural masculine form of retais
- vocative singular feminine form of retais
- accusative singular feminine form of retais
- instrumental singular feminine form of retais
- genitive plural feminine form of retais
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- recto (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/ [ˈhɛ.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/ [ˈχɛ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.to/ [ˈhɛ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/
- Hyphenation: re‧to
Etymology 1
Semi-learned term derived from earlier recto, borrowed from Latin rectus. Displaced Old Portuguese reyto.
Adjective
reto (feminine reta, masculine plural retos, feminine plural retas, comparable, comparative mais reto, superlative o mais reto or retíssimo)
- straight (not crooked or bent)
- honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just (of a person or institution)
- (geometry) right (of an angle)
Etymology 2
From earlier recto, from New Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”).
Noun
reto m (plural retos)
- (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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreto/ [ˈre.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: re‧to
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish repto, rebto, riepto, from Old Spanish rebtar + -o, inherited from Latin reputō, reputāre; equivalent to modern retar + -o. Cognate with English repute.
Noun
reto m (plural retos)
- challenge
- hacer(le) frente a un reto, enfrentar un reto ― to face a challenge
- La pobreza es un reto para el desarrollo de muchas partes del África.
- Poverty is a challenge to the development of many parts of Africa.
- dare
- Me impuso un reto del que no puedo escapar.
- He imposed a dare on me from which I can't escape.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
reto
- first-person singular present indicative of retar
Further reading
- “reto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- rote
- roté
- tero
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish reto.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧to
- IPA(key): /ˈɾeto/, [ˈɾe.to]
Noun
reto
- challenge
- Synonyms: hamon, paghamon, paghahamon
- (slang) introduction to someone (in matchmaking, especially to one's friend)
Derived terms
- ireto
- retuhan
- retuhin