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reto

reto

See also: retó

Asturian

Verb

reto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

Catalan

Verb

reto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of retre

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms


Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈre.to/, /ˈɾɛ.tɔ/

Noun

reto (plural reti)

  1. net, mesh, network, netting, web
  2. Internet

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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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Semi-learned term derived from earlier recto, a borrowing 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

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)

External links

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

Spanish

Etymology

From retar.

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

  1. challenge, dare

Verb

reto

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

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