directo

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈreːk.toː/, [d̪iːˈreːkt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈrek.to/, [d̪iˈrɛkt̪o]

dīrēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīrēctus

• “directo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “directo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• directo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

directo (feminine directa, masculine plural directos, feminine plural directas)

1. Superseded spelling of direto. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of derecho.

• IPA^(key): /diˈɾeɡto/ [d̪iˈɾeɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: di‧rec‧to

directo (feminine directa, masculine plural directos, feminine plural directas)

1. direct, straightforward
2. blunt, straight

   directo al grano ― straight to the point

3. (broadcasting, music) live

• “directo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014