Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

riata

/ɹɪˈɑːtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: ri-a-ta
IPA: /ɹɪˈɑːtə/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lariat or lasso.

American usage

Example Sentences

"“You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “[…] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […]”"
"A few blocks from the capitol we stripped him, cut off everything hanging between his legs, then fixed him with a riata and dragged him up and down Congress."

Etymology

From Spanish reata, from reatar (“to retie”). Compare lariat.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: reata

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

riatas (plural) reata (alternative)

Synonyms

lasso lariat reata

Questions

How do you pronounce riata?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈɑːtə/.
What does riata mean?: A lariat or lasso.
Where does riata come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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