recto

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. (masculine) rectum
2. (masculine) rectus

Concepts

straight

rectum

right

upright

just

straightforward

⬆️

direct

square

righteous

honest

erect

anus

single-breasted

vertical

proper

correct

ingenuous

intestines

jejunum

large intestine

literal

loyal

moral

plain

plane

precisely

recto

right angle

right hand

right-minded

rigid

small intestine

staunch

stiff

straight on

true

trusty

unbent

unbowed

uncoiled

unsophisticated

upstanding

virtuous

good

👍

uprighteous

aright

caecum

cecum

colon

decent

duodenum

ethical

exact

fair

faithful

forthright

guileless

honorable

honourable

ileum

Synonyms

derecho

justo

directo

perpendicular

ano

nalga

trasero

🔙

glúteos

tieso

vertical

cierto

verdad

culo

🍑

estricto

intestino delgado

intestino grueso

justiciero

literal

rectilíneo

textual

yeyuno

ileón

sieso

inmaculado, santo, beato

correcto, bienhechor, justo

inmaculado, inocente

desenroscado

ciego

colon

duodeno

honrado

intestino ciego

intestinos

leal

liso

recta

rédito

rígido

selección

virtuoso

Hyphenated as

rec‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈreɡto/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: rectus

Borrowed from Latin: rectum

In summary

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