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

Related terms

Noun

corto m (plural corti)

  1. Abbreviation of cortometraggio.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cor‧to

Verb

corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾto/
  • Rhymes: -oɾto
  • Syllabification: cor‧to

Etymology 1

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

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
Derived terms
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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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