Dictionary

Look up any word

5,190 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

recta final
noun, feminine
home stretch, home straight
recta numérica
noun, feminine
number line
rectal
adjective
rectal
properly, correctly
rectangular
adjective
rectangular
rectificación
noun, feminine
rectification
rectificador
noun, masculine
rectifier
to rectify
rectificativo
adjective
rectifying
rectilíneo
adjective
straight-lined, rectilinear; hardline
rectitud
noun, feminine
rectitude; righteousness
recto
adjective
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
recto
noun, masculine
rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine); rectus
recto abdominal
noun, masculine
rectus abdominis muscle
rectocele
noun, masculine
rectocele
rectopexia
noun, feminine
rectopexy
rector
adjective
governing, directing
rector
noun, masculine
rector
rectorado
noun, masculine
vice-chancellorship; vice-chancellor's office
rectoral
adjective
rectoral (pertaining to a rector)
to rule, to govern
rectorragia
noun, feminine
rectorrhagia
rectoría
noun, feminine
rectorship
rectosigmoid
rectovesical
adjective
rectovesical
rectángulo
noun, masculine
rectangle
recua
noun, feminine
pack (of mules, horses); gang; bunch (any group of things or people)
to draw a square around, to box in
recuadro
noun, masculine
panel (in a wall); box, inset (in a newspaper)
recualificación
noun, feminine
requalification
recubridor
adjective
covering; coating
recubridor
noun, masculine
coater
recubrimiento
noun, masculine
coating, lining
to cover; to coat
to come back; to pay
recuento
noun, masculine
count, recount, head count, headcount, tally; looking back, or taking stock; recounting, retelling
recuerdo
noun, masculine
memory (a specific thing that is remembered); souvenir
reculamiento
noun, masculine
going back; reverse
to go back, move backwards, reverse; to back out, back down
reculón
noun, masculine
act of reversing or going in reverse
recuperabilidad
noun, feminine
recuperability
recuperable
adjective
recoverable
recuperatory
recuperación
noun, feminine
retrieval; recovery
recuperador
noun, masculine
recuperator
recuperante
adjective
recuperating
to recover; to recuperate
recuperativo
adjective
recuperative
recurrencia
noun, feminine
recurrence
recurrente
adjective
recurrent
recurrently
recurrible
adjective
appealable
to resort to; to appeal to; to turn to; to call on (to request or ask something of a person); to appeal
recursively
recursividad
noun, feminine
recursivity
recursividad infinita
noun, feminine
infinite recursion
recursivo
adjective
recursive
recursión
noun, feminine
recursion
recurso
noun, masculine
writ; appeal, writ; option, choice; resource, means; resort, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety)
recurso de amparo
noun, masculine
a writ of protection