resta

See also: restá and restà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈres.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈres.ta]
• Rhymes: -esta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from restar.

Noun

resta f (plural restes)

1. rest, remainder
2. (in the plural) remains, leftovers, debris

Etymology 2

Verb

resta

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

Further reading

• “resta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

resta

1. third-person singular past historic of rester

Anagrams

• astre, rates, ratés, stéra, tares, tersa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: rè‧sta

Etymology 1

From Latin arista. Compare the borrowed doublet arista.

Noun

resta f (plural reste)

1. awn, ear (of grain)

Etymology 2

Verb

resta

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

Anagrams

• -astre, Tresa, estra-, sarte, stare, tersa

Ladin

Verb

resta

1. third-person singular present indicative of rester
2. third-person plural present indicative of rester
3. second-person singular imperative of rester

Latin

Verb

restā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of restō

References

• resta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rastijan.

Verb

resta

1. to rest

Inflection

Conjugation of resta (weak class 1)

infinitive	resta
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	reste	reste
2nd person singular	restest, restst	restest
3rd person singular	resteth, restth	reste
plural	restath	resten
subjunctive	present	past
singular	reste	reste
plural	reste, resten	reste, resten
imperative	present
singular	reste
plural	restath
participle	present	past
	restande	erested, rested

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: rääste
• West Frisian: rêste

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛs.tɐ/ [ˈhɛs.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛs.tɐ/ [ˈhɛs.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʃ.tɐ/ [ˈχɛʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛs.ta/ [ˈhɛs.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʃ.tɐ/

Verb

resta

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈresta/ [ˈres.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: res‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from restar.

Noun

resta f (plural restas)

1. subtraction

   Antonym: suma

Etymology 2

Verb

resta

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

Further reading

• “resta”, 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