deretso
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish derecho.
Pronunciation
Adjective
derétso (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜍᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- direct, straightforward
- frank
- Synonym: pranka
- (rare) straight (not bent, crooked)
- Synonym: matanos
Adverb
derétso (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜍᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
Derived terms
- dere-deretso
- deretsohon
- magderetso
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧ret‧so
Adjective
deretso
Adverb
deretso
Verb
deretso
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish derecho, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direkta.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /deˈɾet͡ʃo/ [d̪ɛˈɾɛː.t͡ʃo]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /deˈɾetso/ [d̪ɛˈɾɛt̪.so]
- Rhymes: -et͡ʃo, (no palatal assimilation) -etso
- Syllabification: de‧ret‧so
Adjective
deretso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- direct; straight
- Synonym: tuwiran
- continuous
- Synonym: tuloy-tuloy
- without curves; straight
- Synonym: matuwid
- upright; set up vertically
- Synonym: tuwid
Derived terms
- deretsuhan
- deretsuhin
- dumeretso
Related terms
Noun
deretso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- right (something due to a person)
- Synonym: karapatan
- law (profession)
- Synonym: abogasya
- justice
- Synonym: katarungan
- tax; duty
Further reading
- “deretso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018