izquierdo
/iθˈkjeɾdo/ · B1 · adj
left
🫲 From Basque ezker (left), one of Spanish's few Basque loanwords
Latin sinister also meant unlucky, so Iberian speakers borrowed the Basque word ezker instead. Portuguese esquerdo and Catalan esquerre come from the same root. Its opposite is derecho, from Latin directus (straight).