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recto

/ˈreɡto/

adjective/ˈreɡto/

straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length); honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair; literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation); right (of an angle, measuring 90 degrees); stern, authoritarian, inflexible

línea rectastraight line

Synonyms: derecho, rectilíneo, justo, íntegro, honesto, honrado, literal, severo

Antonyms: torcido, curvo, figurativo

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

noun, masculine/ˈreɡto/plural: rectos

rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine); rectus

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).