direito

Portuguese

Etymology

Modified orthographically from Old Galician-Portuguese dereito, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɾej.tu/ [d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɾej.tu/ [d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɾej.to/ [d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈɾɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈɾɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈɾej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈɾej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈɾe.tu/

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• Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
• Hyphenation: di‧rei‧to

Noun

direito m (plural direitos)

1. law (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts)

Adjective

direito (feminine direita, masculine plural direitos, feminine plural direitas, comparable, comparative mais direito, superlative o mais direito or direitíssimo, diminutive direitinho)

1. right (toward the right side; right-hand)

   Antonym: esquerdo

2. right (complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct)
3. right (fit for purpose; appropriate; right)
4. (politics) right, right-wing (pertaining to the political right)

   Antonym: esquerdo

Related terms

• direitura

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: direta
• Kabuverdianu: direta, diritu, réta, dretu
• Macanese: drêto