recto

Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

recto (plural rectos)

1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.

   Synonym: front

   Antonyms: verso, flipside

   1. (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.

      Antonyms: verso, reverso

2. (law) A writ of right.

• recto-

• Certo, Corte, ERCOT, torce, Ector

recto

1. neuter of rectu

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recto m (plural rectos)

1. recto

   Antonym: verso

• “recto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Latin [​foliō​] rēctō (literally “on the front of the sheet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛkto
• Hyphenation: rèc‧to

recto m (invariable)

1. recto (front side of a flat object)

   Antonym: verso

• recto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• certo, corte, torce

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreːk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛk.to]

From rēctus (“straight”) + -ō.

rēctō (not comparable)

1. directly

See rēctus.

rēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rēctus

• “recto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

recto

1. alternative spelling of rechto: genitive singular/dual of rect

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

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

recto m (plural rectos)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

• “recto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French recto or Latin recto.

recto n (uncountable)

1. recto

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡto/ [ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: rec‧to

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

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

1. straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)

   Synonyms: derecho, rectilíneo

   Antonyms: torcido, curvo

   línea recta ― straight line

   Sigue recto.

   Go straight ahead.

   Estad rectos.

   Stay straight.

   El perro está recto.

   The dog is straight.

2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair

   Synonyms: justo, íntegro, honesto, honrado

3. literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation)

   Synonym: literal

   Antonym: figurativo

4. (geometry) right (of an angle, measuring 90 degrees)

   ángulo recto ― right angle

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

recto m (plural rectos)

1. (anatomy) rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine)
2. (anatomy) rectus

• “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025