corto

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

• curto

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

• cortezza

Noun

corto m (plural corti)

1. Abbreviation of cortometraggio.

Anagrams

• torco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.tu/ [ˈkɔh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.tu/ [ˈkɔh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.tu/ [ˈkɔχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.tu/

• Hyphenation: cor‧to

Verb

corto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾto/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪o]
• 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

• a corto plazo
• alicorto
• cortedad
• cortísimo
• cortito
• corto de luces
• corto siglo veinte
• cortocircuito
• cortometraje
• de corto
• luz corta
• onda corta
• pantalón corto
• parador en corto

 

Related terms

• cortar
• corte

 

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

Further reading

• “corto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014