réstia
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛs.t͡ʃjɐ/
réstia is spelled R-É-S-T-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réstia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “braid of stalks or dry reeds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corda feita de feixes de junco entrançados”.
What does réstia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebraid of stalks or dry reeds
- 2
femininebeam of light passing through a narrow slit
- 3
femininebraid of garlic or onion stalks
- 4
colloquialfeminineshade (shady spot)
- 5
feminineglimmer, speck (what little remains of something, usually good)
uma réstia de esperança
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corda feita de feixes de junco entrançados 2. coletivo de alhos e cebolas que são entrançados pelo caule 3. feixe de luz
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of réstia
- réstias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réstia?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛs.t͡ʃjɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhɛs.t͡ʃjɐ]
- /ˈʁɛʃ.t͡ʃjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is réstia in Portuguese?
réstia appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).