OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 1788

right

/ˈɹaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
derecho • diestra
Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
Rotate the bolt to the right to tighten it.
The road up ahead contains a right bend.
correcto • justo
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
So I was right all along? C'mon. I want to hear you say it.
That's not the right thing to do.
correcto
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?
sano
Healthy, sane, competent.
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
“If I didn’t know the dear old fellow so well by now,” Tennington remarked to Miss Strong, “I should be quite certain that he was—er—not quite right, don’t you know.”
perpendicular • recto
Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
de derecha • de derechas • de la derecha • derechista
Pertaining to the political right; conservative.