recto.
straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)
Meaning & usage
straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)
línea recta
Sigue recto.
honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation)
right (of an angle, measuring 90 degrees)
ángulo recto
stern, authoritarian, inflexible
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).
rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine)
rectus
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).
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