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/

• 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/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪o]
• 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

• 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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28