reto

See also: retó

Asturian

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛ.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrɛ.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.to]

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of retre

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Noun

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

1. 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”)
• retumi (“to surf the internet, to browse”)
• retumilo (“web browser”)

 

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge

Related terms

• retar

Etymology 2

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of 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)

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

1. inflection of retais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• recto (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/ [ˈhɛ.tu]

• (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/

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin rectus. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese reyto.

Adjective

reto (feminine reta, masculine plural retos, feminine plural retas, comparable, comparative mais reto, superlative o mais reto or retíssimo)

1. straight (not crooked or bent)
2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just (of a person or institution)
3. (geometry) right (of an angle)
4. (linguistics, attributive, of a pronoun) subject (used in the nominative case)

   Antonym: oblíquo

   Os pronomes retos na língua portuguesa são "eu", "tu", "você", "ele", "ela", "nós", "vós", "vocês", "eles" e "elas".

   The subject pronouns in the Portuguese language are "eu", "tu", "você", "ele", "ela", "nós", "vós", "vocês", "eles", and "elas"

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)

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

Inherited from Old Spanish repto, rebto, riepto, from Old Spanish rebtar + -o, inherited from Latin reputāre; equivalent to modern retar +‎ -o. Cognate with English repute.

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge (a difficult task)

   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.

2. 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

Further reading

• “reto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• rote
• roté
• tero

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾeto/ [ˈɾɛː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: re‧to

Noun

reto (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. challenge

   Synonyms: hamon, paghamon, paghahamon

2. (slang) introduction to someone (in matchmaking, especially to one's friend)

Derived terms

• ireto
• retuhan
• retuhin

 

Anagrams

• tore