diestro
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dextrum (“right, right-hand”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese destro.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
diestro (feminine singular diestra, masculine plural diestros, feminine plural diestros)
- right, right-hand (direction)
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Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish diestro, from Latin dextrum (“right”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
diestro (feminine diestra, masculine plural diestros, feminine plural diestras)
- right, right-hand (direction)
- right-handed
- Antonym: zurdo
- skillful, dexterous, adroit
- (heraldry) dexter, dextral
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Noun edit
diestro m (plural diestros)
- righty, a right-handed person
- (bullfighting) bullfighter
Further reading edit
- “diestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014