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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

reto.

straight (not crooked or bent)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʁɛ.tu/Brazil[ˈhɛ.tu]Brazil/ˈʁɛ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχɛ.tu]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. straight (not crooked or bent)

    comparable

  2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just (of a person or institution)

    comparable

  3. right (of an angle)

    comparable

  4. subject (used in the nominative case)

    attributive · comparable
    Os pronomes retos na língua portuguesa são "eu", "tu", "você", "ele", "ela", "nós", "vós", "vocês", "eles" e "elas".
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin rectus. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese reyto.

noun/ˈʁɛ.tu/Brazil[ˈhɛ.tu]Brazil/ˈʁɛ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχɛ.tu]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. rectum (terminal part of the large intestine)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From earlier recto, from New Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”).

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