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6000 Most Frequent Esperanto Words [w/ 60k+ example sents]

Dekstra Opposite Translator Malnova Testamento Eliro Accusative Plural

Dekstra is an Esperanto word meaning "right" or in the direction of the right hand, the opposite of left.

Dekstra estas Esperanta vorto kiu signifas "dekstra" aŭ laŭ direkto de la dekstra mano, malo de maldekstra.

Frequency Rank of Word 694
Word dekstra
Meanings
    right
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/right
    (opposite of
    left
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/left
    ).

    1915,

    L. L. Zamenhof
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
    (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 15:12.
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
destro
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/destro#Italian
,
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
dexter
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dexter#Latin
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /ˈdekstra/
  • Hyphenation: deks‧tra
  • Audio
    		(
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-dekstra.wav
    )

Adjective

dekstra (accusative singular

dekstran
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstran#Esperanto
, plural
dekstraj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstraj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
dekstrajn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstrajn#Esperanto
)

  1. right
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/right
    (opposite of
    left
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/left
    ).
    • 1915,
      L. L. Zamenhof
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
      (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 15:12.
      Vi etendis Vian dekstran manon,
      Kaj ilin englutis la tero.
      You stretched out Your right hand,
      And the earth swallowed them.
    Antonyms: (neologism, nonstandard, rare)
    liva
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liva#Esperanto
    ,
    maldekstra
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maldekstra#Esperanto

Derived terms

  • dekstre
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstre#Esperanto
  • dekstrulo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstrulo#Esperanto
     (“
    right-handed
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/right-handed
    person;
    right-wing
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/right-wing
    person    ”)
  • dekstruma
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekstruma#Esperanto
     (“
    clockwise
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clockwise
    ”)
  • maldekstrulo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maldekstrulo#Esperanto
     (“
    left-handed
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/left-handed
    person;
    left-wing
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/left-wing
    person    ”)
  • maldekstruma
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maldekstruma#Esperanto
     (“
    anticlockwise
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anticlockwise
    ,
    counterclockwise
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/counterclockwise
    ”)

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