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

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

Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)
Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
Hyphenation: di‧rei‧to

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

Related terms

direitura

Descendants

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

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