rasta

Short for Rastafarian or Rastafari.

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• Rhymes: -æstə

rasta (plural rastas)

1. (informal) Rastafarian
2. (informal) Diminutive of rastaquouère

• STAAR, astar, atars, ratas

English rasta

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑstɑ/, [ˈrɑs̠t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ras‧ta

rasta

1. rasta, Rastafarian (person)
2. dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks)

• (rasta): rastafari

• rastatukka

• ratas, sarat, stara

rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)

1. rasta; Rastafarian

• “rasta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

rasta

1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

rasta

1. genitive singular masculine form of rasts
2. nominative singular feminine form of rasts

From Proto-Germanic *rastō, whence also Old English ræst, Old Norse rǫst.

rasta f

1. rest

• German: Rast

• grasta

From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾast̪a/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sta

rasta f (plural rasti)

1. flower pot.

English; shortened from Rastafarian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasta/ [ˈras.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: ras‧ta

rasta (plural rastas)

1. rasta

rasta m or f (plural rastas)

1. rasta, Rastafarian
2. dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

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

Borrowed from English rasta.

rasta (n class, plural rasta)

1. dreadlock

rast +‎ -a

rasta (present rastar, preterite rastade, supine rastat, imperative rasta)

1. to rest; to take a pause
2. to walk (a dog)

• rastning

• rasat, trasa