recta
Portuguese, noun
recta is spelled R-E-C-T-A (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of recto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linha que estabelece a distância mais curta entre dois pontos”.
What does recta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of recto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linha que estabelece a distância mais curta entre dois pontos 2. traço direito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recta
- rectas plural
- recta, reta [ rec.ta ] canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is recta in Portuguese?
recta appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).