English

Noun

recto ‎(plural rectos)

1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.
2. Therefore, (printing) the right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
3. (law) A writ of right.

Synonyms

• (front side of a flat object): front

Antonyms

• (front side of a flat object): verso, flipside

Translations

See also

• recto-

Latin

Participle

rēctō

1. dative masculine singular of rēctus
2. dative neuter singular of rēctus
3. ablative masculine singular of rēctus
4. ablative neuter singular of rēctus

References

• recto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “recto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Adjective

recto m ‎(feminine singular recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas, comparable) (European orthography)

1. Alternative form of reto

Noun

recto m (plural rectos) (European orthography)

1. Alternative form of reto

Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

recto m ‎(feminine singular recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

1. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
3. literal (of a meaning)
4. (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)

Derived terms

• ángulo recto

Related terms

• recta
• directo
• rectitud
• correcto

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin rectum (intestinum).

Noun

recto m ‎(plural rectos)

1. (anatomy) rectum
2. (anatomy) rectus

Derived terms

• rectal

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