ristra

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ristra. === Noun === ristra (plural ristras) An arrangement of chili pepper pods (or sometimes garlic) to aid drying and sometimes to serve as a decoration. === Anagrams === triars == Spanish == === Etymology === From Old Spanish riestra, from riesta, from rieste, from Latin restem. /-e/ > /-a/ probably due to the word's feminine gender. For the additional /ɾ/, compare rastrojo < *restucŭlum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈristɾa/ [ˈris.t̪ɾa] Rhymes: -istɾa Syllabification: ris‧tra === Noun === ristra f (plural ristras) string ristra ==== Descendants ==== → English: ristra === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “ristra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 34 === Further reading === “ristra”, 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