aresta
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin arista.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [əˈɾe̞s.tə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əˈɾes.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈɾes.ta]
=== Noun ===
aresta f (plural arestes)
awn, arista (the bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc.)
fishbone
Synonym: espina
splinter
(geometry) edge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)
==== Derived terms ====
arestós
=== Further reading ===
“aresta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“aresta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“aresta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aresta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [aˈɾestɐ]
=== Noun ===
aresta f (plural arestas)
awn, arista (the bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc.)
Synonym: argana
flax bast and chaff
Synonyms: tasco, tomento
ridge (line of intersection)
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aresta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aresta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aresta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aresta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Ladin ==
=== Verb ===
aresta
third-person singular present indicative of arester
third-person plural present indicative of arester
second-person singular imperative of arester
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
Hyphenation: a‧res‧ta
=== Noun ===
aresta f (plural arestas)
(geometry) edge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)
(graph theory) line (edge of a graph)
Synonym: arco
(graph theory) edge (any of the pairs of vertices in a graph)
ridge (line of intersection)
(Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle
Synonyms: alfinete, bicho-galo, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, câncer, travela
=== Further reading ===
“aresta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“aresta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
“aresta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
From arest, or based on French arrêter, Italian arrestare.
=== Verb ===
a aresta (third-person singular present arestează, past participle arestat) 1st conjugation
to arrest
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
arestare
==== Related terms ====
arest
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin arista.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈɾesta/ [aˈɾes.t̪a]
Rhymes: -esta
Syllabification: a‧res‧ta
=== Noun ===
aresta f (plural arestas)
thorn
Synonyms: espina, aguja, púa, pincho
=== Further reading ===
“aresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025