diestro

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dextrum (“right, right-hand”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese destro.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈdjestɾo/

Adjective

diestro (feminine singular diestra, masculine plural diestros, feminine plural diestros)

  1. right, right-hand (direction)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 97v:
      […] Et q̃ deſcẽda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de om̃e q̃ tẽga en la mano dieſtra lança ⁊ en la ſinieſtra un af traſtornada.
      And may over this stone descend the virtue of the man with a spear in his right hand and an upturned bird on his left.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Spanish: diestro, diestra

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish diestro, from Latin dextrum (“right”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjestɾo/
  • Rhymes: -estɾo
  • Syllabification: dies‧tro

Adjective

diestro (feminine diestra, masculine plural diestros, feminine plural diestras)

  1. right, right-hand (direction)
    Synonym: derecho
    Antonyms: izquierdo, siniestro
  2. right-handed
    Antonym: zurdo
  3. skillful, dexterous, adroit
    Synonyms: hábil, habiloso
  4. (heraldry) dexter, dextral

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

diestro m (plural diestros)

  1. righty, a right-handed person
  2. (bullfighting) bullfighter
    Synonyms: matador, torero

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