destra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞s.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈdes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdes.tɾa]
• Homophone: destre (Central)

Adjective

destra

1. feminine singular of destre

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dextra or dextera. Compare French dextre, Portuguese destra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.tra/
• Rhymes: -ɛstra
• Hyphenation: dè‧stra

Noun

destra f (plural destre)

1. right (hand, direction)

   Synonym: dritta

   Antonym: sinistra

Related terms

• destrese
• destrezza
• destrismo
• destro
• destroide
• destrorso

Adjective

destra

1. feminine singular of destro

Anagrams

• strade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dextra (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dextra or dextera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.tɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛstɾɐ
• Hyphenation: des‧tra

Noun

destra f (plural destras)

1. the right hand

   Synonym: mão direita

   Antonyms: sestra, canhota, mão esquerda

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense, particularly "really???"?) or foot
3. female equivalent of destro

Adjective

destra

1. feminine singular of destro

Further reading

• “destra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “destra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026