# derecho
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Spanish derecho (“straight”). First used by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs in 1888, apparently coined to distinguish the winds from tornadoes, which rotate; compare tornado. Doublet of direct.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /dəˈɹeɪ.t͡ʃoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

derecho (plural derechos or derechoes)
* (meteorology, US) A windstorm characterized by strong, straight-line winds.
** 2015, Chris J. Peterson, Jeffery B. Cannon, Christopher M. Godfrey, “5: First Steps Toward Defining the Wind Disturbance Regime in Central Hardwoods Forests”, in Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly S. Collins, editors, Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation, Springer, page 116:Combining all of the above, the Arkansas Valley, Ouachita Mountains, Interior Plateau, and Southwest Appalachian ecoregions have the greatest risk of wind damage from tornadoes and derechos, whereas weakening hurricanes are an important disturbance, especially in the Piedmont ecoregion.
** 2016, Bill Streever, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind, Hachette, unnumbered page:Derechos have winds as powerful as those of some hurricanes and tornadoes. "Derecho" comes from the Spanish word meaning "straight."
** 2022, Alexander Gates, Earth's Fury, Wiley, unnumbered page:A derecho can be as destructive as a weak to moderate tornado, but the damage is mainly the result of straight-line rather than rotating winds. However, tornadoes can also form along the bow of a derecho. Derechos can sometimes be recognized as a bank of ominous-looking "shelf" clouds that appear darker than normal clouds.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Ray Wolf, "A Brief History of Gustavus Hinrichs, Discoverer of the DERECHO"
* ↑ Ammon Shea, "All about the weather", OxfordWords blog, 25 July 2012

### Further reading

* derecho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* August 2020 Midwest derecho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* chordee, cohered, heredoc, ochered

## Asturian
### Adjective

derecho
* neuter of derechu

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus.

### Adjective

derecho (feminine derecha)
* straight, simple

#### Derived terms

* enderechar

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish derecho.

### Noun

derecho
* the right to
* (civil) right
* claim
* tax

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* drecho (obsolete, regional)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of directo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈɾet͡ʃo/ [d̪eˈɾe.t͡ʃo]
* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Rhymes: -etʃo
* Syllabification: de‧re‧cho

### Adjective

derecho (feminine derecha, masculine plural derechos, feminine plural derechas)
* straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)
    Synonym: recto
* straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique)
    sentarse derecho ― to sit upright
* right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north)
    la mano derecha ― the right hand
* correct, appropriate, right
    Synonyms: correcto, apropiado

#### Derived terms

* brazo derecho
* buey viejo surco derecho
* con el pie derecho
* de hecho y de derecho
* derecha
* derecho de asilo
* derechura
* hecho y derecho
* mano derecha
* ojito derecho
* ojo derecho

### Noun

derecho m (plural derechos)
* right (a legal, just or moral entitlement)
    el derecho al voto ― the right to vote
    derechos humanos ― human rights
* law, jurisprudence (the study of laws)
* law (the profession of dealing with laws (as lawyers, judges, etc.))
* right (the outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.)
** (textiles) right side (The side of a fabric that is intended to face outward on a finished project)
*** 2014, Juliana Vaquero González, Planchado y arreglo de ropa en alojamientos, Ideaspropias Editorial, →ISBN, page 163:Las puntadas que se realizan no deben traspasar la tela y, por lo tanto, no debe verse por el derecho.The stitches made should not go through the fabric, and, therefore, should not be seen on the right side.
* (knitting) a knit stitch
* (in the plural) duties, taxes, fees, charges
* (rare) path, road
    Synonyms: sendero, camino

#### Derived terms

* amiga con derecho a roce
* amiga con derechos
* amigo con derecho a roce
* amigo con derechos
* amistad con derechos
* carta de derechos
* conforme a derecho
* de pleno derecho
* derecho administrativo
* derecho adquirido
* derecho canónico
* derecho civil
* derecho común
* derecho comunitario
* derecho constitucional
* derecho consuetudinario
* derecho de admisión
* derecho de autor
* derecho de familia
* derecho de gentes
* derecho de pernada
* derecho de piso
* derecho del trabajo
* derecho divino
* derecho eclesiástico
* derecho espacial
* derecho exclusivo
* derecho familiar
* derecho financiero
* derecho fundamental
* derecho humano
* derecho internacional
* derecho laboral
* derecho marítimo
* derecho mercantil
* derecho natural
* derecho penal
* derecho personal
* derecho político
* derecho privado
* derecho procesal
* derecho público
* derecho real
* derecho subjetivo
* derecho tributario
* derechos de autor
* derechos de los animales
* derechos humanos
* derechos sucesorios
* Estado de derecho
* ignorancia del derecho
* no hay derecho
* principio de derecho

#### Descendants

* → English: derecho
* → Papiamentu: derecho, drechi

### Adverb

derecho
* straight (of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line)
    Synonym: recto
    Sigue derecho. ― Keep going [straight].
* straight (directly; without pause, delay or detour)
    Synonym: directamente

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “derecho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “derecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10