reto

See also: retó

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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of retre

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

• retpaĝo (“webpage”)
• retumi (“to surf the Web”)
• retumilo (“Web browser”)

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.to/, /ˈɾɛ.tɔ/

NounEdit

reto (plural reti)

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

SynonymsEdit

• (2) Interreto

Derived termsEdit

• Interreto (“Internet”)
• retoloko (“website”)
• retopagino (“web page”)

See alsoEdit

• masho

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LatvianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• recto (Brazil)

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.tu/
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Etymology 1Edit

Semi-learned term derived from earlier recto, a borrowing from Latin rectus. Displaced Old Portuguese reyto.

AdjectiveEdit

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.

InflectionEdit

Inflection of reto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	reto	reta	retos	retas
comparative	mais reto	mais reta	mais retos	mais retas
superlative	o mais reto retíssimo	a mais reta retíssima	os mais retos retíssimos	as mais retas retíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Etymology 2Edit

From earlier recto, from New Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”).

NounEdit

reto m (plural retos)

1. (anatomy) rectum (terminal part of the large intestine)

Further readingEdit

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

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From retar.

NounEdit

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge, dare

VerbEdit

reto

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

Further readingEdit

• “reto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.