ristra
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ristra (plural ristras)
- An arrangement of chili pepper pods (or sometimes garlic) to aid drying and sometimes to serve as a decoration.
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish riestra, from riesta, from rieste, from Latin restem.
/-e/ > /-a/ probably due to the word's feminine gender. For the additional /ɾ/, compare rastrojo < *restucŭlum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ristra f (plural ristras)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: ristra
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “ristra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 34
Further reading
[edit]- “ristra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/istɾa
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