recto

right, straight


Adjective recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

  1. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
  2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
  3. literal (of a meaning)
  4. (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)

Noun recto m (plural rectos)

  1. (anatomy) rectum
  2. (anatomy) rectus

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Sigue recto y encontrarás la tienda.

    Go straight on, and you will find the store.

  • Siga recto la calle y gire a la izquierda en la tercera intersección.

    Walk along the street and turn left at the third intersection.

  • El médico examinará la pelvis y el recto para palpar si hay obstrucciones

    The doctor will examine the pelvis and rectum to feel for any blockages

  • Un ángulo recto tiene 90 grados.

    A right angle has ninety degrees.

  • Sigue recto.

    Keep going straight.

  • Siga usted todo recto.

    Continue straight ahead.

  • Siéntese recto.

    Sit up straight.

  • El cuádriceps está compuesto por cuatro músculos: el recto femoral, el vasto interno, el vasto intermedio y el vasto lateral.

    The quadriceps is made up of four muscles: the rectus femoris, the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius and the vastus lateralis.

  • Guíanos por el sendero recto.

    Show us the straight path.

  • Sigue todo recto hasta el final de la calle.

    Go ahead to the end of the street.

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