corto

== Asturian == === Verb === corto first-person singular present indicative of cortar == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish corto (“short”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoɾto/, [ˈkoɾ.t̪o] Hyphenation: cor‧to === Adjective === corto short (of length) == 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) short (length) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== corto first-person singular present indicative of cortar == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkor.to/ Rhymes: -orto Hyphenation: cór‧to === Adjective === corto (feminine corta, masculine plural corti, feminine plural corte, superlative cortissimo) short Antonym: lungo ==== Related terms ==== cortezza === Noun === corto m (plural corti) abbreviation of cortometraggio === Anagrams === torco == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu Hyphenation: cor‧to === Verb === corto first-person singular present indicative of cortar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoɾto/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪o] Rhymes: -oɾto Syllabification: cor‧to === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with English curt and short. 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) short (having a small distance from one end to another) Antonym: largo short (having little duration) Synonym: breve Antonym: largo (colloquial) dim-witted, slow Synonym: cortito cut Synonym: cortado (Andalusia, Málaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee ==== Noun ==== corto m (plural cortos) (Andalusia, Málaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Shortening of cortometraje. ==== Noun ==== corto m (plural cortos) short (short film) === Etymology 3 === Shortening of cortocircuito. ==== Noun ==== corto m (plural cortos) short (short circuit) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== corto m (plural cortos) (Chile) a glass of pure liquor === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== corto first-person singular present indicative of cortar === Further reading === “corto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025