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Portuguese
Etymology
Modified orthographically from Old Galician-Portuguese dereito (compare Spanish derecho), from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direto.
Pronunciation
Noun
direito m (plural direitos)
- 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)
- right (toward the right side; right-hand)
- Antonym: esquerdo
- right (complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct)
- right (fit for purpose; appropriate; right)
- (politics) right, right-wing (pertaining to the political right)
- Antonym: esquerdo
Descendants
Further reading
- “direito”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “direito”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “direito” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “direito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “direito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “direito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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