Adjective: curto
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | curto |
| Singular f. | curta |
| Plural m. | curtos |
| Plural f. | curtas |
Sample Sentences
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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) [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:]
Adjectives inflected like curto
preguiceiro,
metafórico,
perdulário,
metafísico,
anxélico,
serbio,
sañudo,
severo,
seguro,
sedoso,
sabido,
atmosférico,
estremeiro,
romántico,
metódico,
satisfeito,
sonoro,
sollío,
sobexo,
sisudo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese curto, corto, from Latin curtus. Cognate with Sicilian curtu. See: Latin Adjectives '
curtus'.
Verbs referencing "curto"
English Adjectives
curt.
Translations