correto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• correcto (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + regere (“to make straight, rule”). Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese correyto, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁɛ.tu/ [koˈhɛ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁɛ.tu/ [koˈhɛ.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈʁɛ.tu/ [koˈχɛ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁɛ.to/ [koˈhɛ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁɛ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: cor‧re‧to

Adjective

correto (feminine correta, masculine plural corretos, feminine plural corretas)

1. correct

   Antonym: incorreto

Derived terms

• corretamente

Related terms

• correção
• corretivo
• corretor
• corrigir