reta
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛ.tɐ/
reta is spelled R-E-T-A (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “line (infinite one-dimensional figure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of reto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar geométrico onde quaisquer três pontos são colineares; é um conceito primitivo da geometria”.
What does reta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineline (infinite one-dimensional figure)
- 2
femininea straight section of a path or road
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of reto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar geométrico onde quaisquer três pontos são colineares; é um conceito primitivo da geometria
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 reta
- retas plural
- recta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reta?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhɛ.tɐ]
- /ˈʁɛ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reta in Portuguese?
reta appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).