direita
Meaning
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- (feminine) right (opposite of left)
- (feminine) right
Frequency
Hyphenated as
di‧rei‧ta
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒiˈɾej.tɐ/
Etymology
Feminine of direito. Or from Old Galician-Portuguese dereita, feminine form of dereito, from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), from dīrigō (“lay straight; direct; distribute”), from dis- + regō (“to rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Compare Spanish derecha, Catalan dreta, French droite, Italian dritta, Romanian dreapta.
New
direito
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law (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts)
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