hirto

== Latin == === Adjective === hī̆rtō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of hī̆rtus == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese yrto, from Vulgar Latin *erctus, vernacular variant of Classical Latin ērēctus, therefore a doublet of ereto. Despite the resemblance, unlikely to derive from Latin hirtus (“shaggy”). Compare Galician irto, Spanish yerto. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hir‧to === Adjective === hirto (feminine hirta, masculine plural hirtos, feminine plural hirtas) stiff, rigid erect still === References === === Further reading === “hirto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026