different between lasso vs reata

English

Alternative forms

• lassu (archaic)
• lazo (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) enPR: l?so?o', l?so?o', IPA^(key): /læs?u?/, /l?s?u?/
• (US) enPR: l?s'?, l?s'o?o, IPA^(key): /?læs.o?/, /?læs.u/
• Rhymes: -æs??

Noun

lasso (plural lassos or lassoes)

1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
2. (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Descendants

• ? Czech: laso
• ? Dutch: lasso
• ? Finnish: lasso
• ? German: Lasso
• ? Hungarian: lasszó
• ? Italian: lasso
• ? Macedonian: ???? (laso)
• ? Russian: ?????? (lassó)
• ? Slovene: laso

Translations

Verb

lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

1. (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Derived terms

• lassoer
• lassoist

Translations

See also

• lariat
• noose

Anagrams

• soals

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.so?/
• Hyphenation: las?so

Noun

lasso m (plural lasso's, diminutive lassootje n)

1. lasso

Derived terms

• lassoën

Finnish

Etymology

English lasso

Noun

lasso

1. lasso

Declension

Derived terms

• lassota

See also

• suopunki

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?las.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: làs?so

Etymology 1

From Latin lassus (“weary”, “tired”).

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (obsolete, literary)

1. tired, weary, fatigued, weak

   Synonyms: affaticato, provato, stanco, spossato

   Antonyms: energico, gagliardo, riposato

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto I, p. 8, vv. 28-30:

     Poi ch'ei posato un poco il corpo lasso, ¶ ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, ¶ sì che 'l piè fermo sempre era 'l più basso.

     After my weary body I had rested, ¶ the way resumed I on the desert slope, ¶ so that the firm foot ever was the lower.

2. miserable, unhappy, bleak

   Synonyms: infelice, misero, tapino

   Antonyms: beato, contento, felice

Etymology 2

From Latin laxus (“yielding”, “loose”).

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (dated, literary)

1. lax, loose

   Synonyms: lasco, lento

   Antonym: stretto

2. (figuratively) lax, lenient, permissive

   Synonyms: lassista, permissivo

   Antonyms: intransigente, inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso

Related terms

• lassamente
• lassativo
• lassismo
• lasciare

Etymology 3

From Latin l?psus, perfect participle of l?bor (“I slip, flow”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. (only in the locution lasso di tempo) flow, passage, period (of time)

Related terms

• lasso di tempo

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lazo.

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. lariat, lasso

   Synonyms: laccio, lazo

Etymology 5

From lassare, older variant of lasciare (“to leave”, “to allow”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lassa

Anagrams

• salso

Latin

Etymology

From lassus (“faint, weary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?las.so?/, [???äs??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?las.so/, [?l?s??]

Verb

lass? (present infinitive lass?re, perfect active lass?v?, supine lass?tum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust; I render faint.

Conjugation

Related terms

• lassesc?
• lassit?d?
• lassulus
• lassus

References

• lasso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lasso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lasso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lasso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?las.s?/

Noun

lasso n

1. lasso (long rope with a sliding loop)

   Synonym: arkan

Declension

Further reading

• lasso in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lasso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lasso, from Latin lassus (“weary; exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *led- (“slow; weary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?la.so/
• Homophone: laço
• Hyphenation: las?so

Adjective

lasso m (feminine singular lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lassas, comparable)

1. weary; very tired; exhausted

   Synonyms: cansadíssimo, exausto, fatigado

2. (of a person) degenerate; dissolute (unrestrained by morality)

   Synonyms: degenerado, devasso, imoral, indecente

3. lax; loose (not tight)

   Synonyms: frouxo, lasseiro, laxo, relaxado, solto

4. worn out (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)

   Synonyms: gasto, laxo

Antonyms

• (very tired): descansado
• (degenerate): casto, decente, decoroso
• (lax): apertado, retesado

Related terms

English

Alternative forms

• riata

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i???t?/

Noun

reata (plural reatas)

1. A lariat or lasso.

Translations

Estonian

Noun

reata

1. abessive singular of rida

Spanish

Etymology

From reatar (“retie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?ata/, [re?a.t?a]

Noun

reata f (plural reatas)

1. rope, lasso
2. single file
3. (Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (Honduras, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• reatazo

Further reading

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