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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish derecho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈɾet͡ʃo/
- IPA(key): /deˈɾetso/
- Hyphenation: de‧re‧tso
Adjective
derétso (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜍᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- direct, straightforward
- frank
- Synonym: pranka
- (rare) straight (not bent, crooked)
- Synonym: matanos
Adverb
derétso (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜍᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- straight ahead
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish derecho.
Pronunciation
Adjective
deretso
- direct; straightforward; sincere
- straight
Adverb
deretso
- straight
Verb
deretso
- to go past someone or something
- to proceed immediately
- to go straight ahead or on
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish derecho, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direkta.
Pronunciation
Adjective
deretso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- direct; straight
- Synonym: tuwiran
- continuous
- Synonym: tuloy-tuloy
- without curves; straight
- Synonym: matuwid
- upright; set up vertically
- Synonym: tuwid
Derived terms
Noun
deretso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- right (something due to a person)
- Synonym: karapatan
- law (profession)
- Synonym: abogasya
- justice
- Synonym: katarungan
- tax; duty
- Synonyms: buwis, deretsos, butaw
Further reading
- “deretso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018