correcto

correcto

1. neuter of correctu

corrēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of corrēctus

correcto (feminine correcta, masculine plural correctos, feminine plural correctas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of correto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

• correctamente

Borrowed from Latin correctus. Cf. also the inherited Old Spanish correcho.

• IPA^(key): /koˈreɡto/ [koˈreɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: co‧rrec‧to

correcto (feminine correcta, masculine plural correctos, feminine plural correctas)

1. correct, right

   Synonym: acertado

2. well-behaved

   Synonyms: educado, cortés

• (antonym(s) of “correct”): incorrecto

• “correcto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024