reto

See also: retó

Asturian

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative of retar

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Catalan

Verb

reto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of retre

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈreto]
• 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, figuratively, computing network, Internet)

Derived terms

• ĉefreto
• eksterreta (“offline”)
• enreta (“online”)
• retejo (“website”)
• retpaĝo (“webpage”)
• retpoŝto (“email”)
• retumilo (“web browser”)
• retumi (“to surf the internet, to browse”)

 

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Galician

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge

Related terms

• retar

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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

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Latvian

Adjective

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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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/

• Hyphenation: re‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned term derived from earlier recto, borrowed from Latin rectus. Displaced Old 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)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreto/ [ˈre.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: re‧to

Etymology 1

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

Noun

reto m (plural retos)

1. challenge

   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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• rote
• roté
• tero

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reto.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾeto/, [ˈɾe.to]

Noun

reto

1. challenge

   Synonyms: hamon, paghamon, paghahamon

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

Derived terms

• ireto
• retuhan
• retuhin