curto

See also: Curto and cùrto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese curto, corto, from Latin curtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾto/ [ˈkuɾ.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾto
  • Hyphenation: cur‧to

Adjective

curto (feminine curta, masculine plural curtos, feminine plural curtas)

  1. short
    Antonym: longo
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

References

Latin

Etymology

From curtus (short) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

curtō (present infinitive curtāre, perfect active curtāvī, supine curtātum); first conjugation

  1. to shorten, cut short, abbreviate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (New Latin) curtātiō
  • (Late Latin) excurtō

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cortare (regional)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin:
  • Borrowings:

References

  • curto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin curtus.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkurtə]

Adjective

curto (feminine singular corta, masculine plural curte, feminine plural corte)

  1. short

References

  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “curto-corta”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkuʁ.tu/ [ˈkuh.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkuɾ.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkuʁ.tu/ [ˈkuχ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkuɻ.to/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁtu, (Portugal) -uɾtu
  • Hyphenation: cur‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese curto, corto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-, *(s)k(ʷ)Art-, *(s)k(ʷ)Ard- (short).

Adjective

curto (feminine curta, masculine plural curtos, feminine plural curtas, diminutive curtinho)

  1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
  2. short (of little duration)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
    • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “Os pêssegos”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 29:
      Não se ouvia mais nada, além dos ruídos naturais do pôquer. O clicar das fichas. Frases curtas: "Dou cartas." "Vou." "Não vou." "Pago pra ver." "Não é possível!"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of curtir

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

curto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of curtir

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin curtus. Compare Italian corto.

Adjective

curto (feminine singular curta, masculine plural curti, feminine plural curte)

  1. short
  2. brief