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dritto

Pronunciation: /ˈdrit.to/

“dritto” is an Italian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. straight, direct
  2. upright, erect, straight
  3. right, right-hand
  4. plain, knit
  5. crafty, sly
  6. obverse (side of a coin, medal or badge)

adverb

  1. straight, directly

noun

  1. right side
  2. plain stitch, knit stitch
  3. forehand
  4. crafty, sly person

In Italian

  1. che è in linea retta
  2. in genere al volto dell'avversario, nelle arti marziali e nel pugilato è un pugno con la completa distensione del braccio, risultando così la tipica posizione atletica per antonomasia in queste discipline sportive
  3. persona furba oppure troppo furba e quindi ridicola
  4. in linea retta

Etymology

Contraction/syncopation of diritto, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus (or from Late Latin drictus; compare French droit, Catalan dret, Romanian drept, Sicilian drittu), from Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of diretto.

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