directo
Spanish, noun/diˈɾeɡto/
directo is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-O (7 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Directo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a live stream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transmisión en vivo”.
What does directo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
direct, straightforward
- 2
blunt, straight
directo al grano
- 3
live
- 4
live stream, stream
- 5
colloquialmad, drugged-out or resembling those states
noun
- 1
masculinea live stream
Mañana haré un directo en Twitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Derecho o en línea recta. 2. Que es una forma clara, rápida o evidente de llegar hacia un fin. 3. Que es la causa más inmediata o próxima de un fenómeno. 4. Verdadero, genuino.
noun: 1. Transmisión en vivo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of directo
- directa feminine
- directos masculine plural
- directas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce directo?
- /diˈɾeɡto/
- [d̪iˈɾeɣ̞.t̪o]
- [d̪iˈɾekt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to directo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is directo in Spanish?
directo appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).