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recto.

straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈreɡto/[ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
  1. straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)

    línea recta
    Sigue recto.
  2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair

  3. literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation)

  4. right (of an angle, measuring 90 degrees)

    ángulo recto
  5. stern, authoritarian, inflexible

    Canary-Islands
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

noun/ˈreɡto/[ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
  1. rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine)

    masculine
  2. rectus

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

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