How to say

Straight

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ቀጥታ

Ke-TE-ta

Use 'k'et'eta' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Arabic العربية ar

مستقيم

Mus-ta-KEEM

Use 'mustaqim' to describe a straight line or direction.

Bangla বাংলা bn

সোজা

So-JA

Use 'soja' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Catalan català ca

Recte

Rek-teh

Use 'recte' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Czech čeština cs

Rovně

ROV-nyeh

Use 'rovně' to indicate a straight direction or to describe something directly.

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Danish dansk da

Lige

Lee-geh

Use 'lige' to describe a straight line or direction.

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German Deutsch de

Gerade

Geh-RAH-deh

Use 'gerade' to describe a straight line, a direction, or to indicate that something is currently happening.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Ίσια

EE-see-ah

Use 'ísia' to indicate a straight direction.

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Spanish Español es

Recto

REK-toh

Use 'recto' to describe a straight line, a direction, or someone's sexual orientation (though this can be considered formal).

Estonian eesti et

Otse

Ot-seh

Use 'otse' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Basque Basque eu

Zuzen

Thoo-THEN

Use 'zuzen' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Persian فارسی fa

مستقیم

Mos-ta-GHEEM

Use 'mostaghim' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Finnish suomi fi

Suora

Soo-O-ra

Use 'suora' to describe a straight line or direction.

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French Français fr

Droit

Dwah

Use 'droit' to indicate a straight line, a direction, or to describe someone's sexual orientation (though it can be considered formal).

Galician Galician gl

Recto

REK-toh

Use 'recto' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

સીધું

See-DHU

Use 'seedhu' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Madaidaici

Ma-dai-DAI-chi

Use 'madaidaici' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Hebrew עברית he

ישר

Yah-SHAR

Use 'yashar' to describe a straight line or direction.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

सीधा

See-DHA

Use 'seedha' to describe a straight line or direction.

Hungarian magyar hu

Egyenesen

Edj-EH-nesh-en

Use 'egyenesen' to indicate a straight direction.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Lurus

Loo-ROOS

Use 'lurus' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Beint

Baynt

Use 'beint' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Italian Italiano it

Dritto

DREET-toh

Use 'dritto' to describe a straight line, a direction, or to describe someone's sexual orientation (though it can be considered formal).

Japanese 日本語 ja

まっすぐ

Mah-SOO-goo

Use 'massugu' to indicate a straight direction.

Korean 한국어 ko

똑바로

Ttok-BA-ro

Use 'ttokbaro' to indicate a straight direction.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Tiesiai

Tye-SYAY

Use 'tiesiai' to indicate a straight direction.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Taisni

Tais-nee

Use 'taisni' to indicate a straight direction.

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Marathi मराठी mr

सरळ

Sa-RAL

Use 'saral' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Malay Melayu ms

Lurus

Loo-ROOS

Use 'lurus' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Recht

Use 'recht' to describe a straight line, a direction, or to describe someone's sexual orientation (though it can be considered formal).

Norwegian norsk no

Rett

Ret

Use 'rett' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਸਿੱਧਾ

Sid-DHA

Use 'siddha' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Polish polski pl

Prosto

PROS-toh

Use 'prosto' to indicate a straight direction or to describe something directly.

Portuguese Português pt

Direito

Dee-RAY-too

Use 'direito' to describe a straight line, a direction, or to describe someone's sexual orientation (though it can be considered formal).

Romanian română ro

Drept

Use 'drept' to describe a straight line, a direction, or to describe someone's sexual orientation (though it can be considered formal).

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Russian русский ru

Прямо

PRYA-moh

Use 'pryamo' to indicate a straight direction or to describe something directly.

Swedish svenska sv

Rakt

Use 'rakt' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Moja kwa moja

Mo-ja kwa mo-ja

Use 'moja kwa moja' to describe something directly or to go straight.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

நேராக

Ne-RA-ga

Use 'neraga' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

నేరుగా

Ne-RU-ga

Use 'neruga' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Thai ไทย th

ตรง

Dtrong

Use 'trong' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Tuwid

Too-WID

Use 'tuwid' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Düz

Use 'düz' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Прямо

PRYA-moh

Use 'pryamo' to indicate a straight direction or to describe something directly.

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Urdu اردو ur

سیدھا

See-DHA

Use 'seedha' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Thẳng

Thang

Use 'thẳng' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Tààrà

Ta-A-ra

Use 'tààrà' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Chinese 中文 zh

直

Jrr

Use 'zhí' to describe a straight line or direction.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

直

Jik

Use 'jik6' to describe a straight line or direction.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Qondile

Kon-DEE-leh

Use 'qondile' to describe a straight line or direction.

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