corto

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See also: cortó

Asturian

Verb

corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corto, curto, from Latin curtus.

Alternative forms

Adjective

corto (feminine corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

  1. short (length)

Etymology 2

Verb

corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkor.to/
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  • Rhymes: -orto
  • Hyphenation: cór‧to

Adjective

corto (feminine corta, masculine plural corti, feminine plural corte, superlative cortissimo)

  1. short
    Antonym: lungo

Noun

corto m (plural corti)

  1. Abbreviation of cortometraggio.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
  • Hyphenation: cor‧to

Verb

corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾto/
  • Rhymes: -oɾto
  • Syllabification: cor‧to
The Cafe Central Coffee plaque, Calle Santa Maria, off Plaza de la Constitucion, Malaga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with English curt.

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, the founder of Café Central in Malaga. Tired of the difficulty of understanding the orders of customers, he created a plaque on the tiled wall listing 10 types of coffee by their coffee and milk content.

Adjective

corto (feminine corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

  1. short (having a small distance from one end to another)
    Antonym: largo
  2. short (having little duration)
    Synonym: breve
    Antonym: largo
  3. (colloquial) dim-witted, slow
    Synonym: cortito
  4. cut
    Synonym: cortado
  5. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

  1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortening of cortometraje.

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

  1. short (short film)

Etymology 3

Shortening of cortocircuito.

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

  1. short (short circuit)

Etymology 4

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

  1. (Chile) a glass of pure liquor

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

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