reata

English

Alternative forms

• riata

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɑːtə/

Noun

reata (plural reatas)

1. (Texas) 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.

Translations

lasso — see lasso

Estonian

Noun

reata

1. abessive singular of rida

Portuguese

Verb

reata

1. inflection of reatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈata/ [reˈa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: re‧a‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from reatar (“to retie”).

Noun

reata f (plural reatas)

1. rope, lasso
2. single file
3. (Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• reatazo

Etymology 2

Verb

reata

1. inflection of reatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “reata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10