rienda – Spanish noun declension

Spanish noun forms of rienda

Noun: rienda
Gender: f Hyphenation: rien‧da
Singular frienda
Plural friendas

Sample Sentences

  • Toma las riendas del caballo y lárgate. (Take the reins of the horse, and go away.)
  • Fue así que lograron tomar las riendas de la compañía. (Thus they managed to take control of the company.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rienda (“reins”, often singular), inherited from Early Medieval Latin retina (via */ˈrɛd(e)na/, with metathesis of /dn/; compare Spanish candado < cadnado < Latin catēnātum), a noun derived from Latin retinēre (“hold back, restrain”). Compare Portuguese rédea. See: Old Spanish Nouns 'rienda', Old Spanish Nouns 'rienda', Portuguese Nouns 'rédea'.

Verbs referencing "rienda"

Galician Nouns renda, Portuguese Nouns rédea.

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