curto

See also: Curto and cùrto

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkuɾt̪ʊ]

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
  • “curto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “curt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “curto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “curto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “curto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

From curtus (“short”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to shorten, cut short, abbreviate

Conjugation
   Conjugation of curtō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present curtō curtās curtat curtāmus curtātis curtant
imperfect curtābam curtābās curtābat curtābāmus curtābātis curtābant
future curtābō curtābis curtābit curtābimus curtābitis curtābunt
perfect curtāvī curtāvistī curtāvit curtāvimus curtāvistis curtāvērunt,
curtāvēre
pluperfect curtāveram curtāverās curtāverat curtāverāmus curtāverātis curtāverant
future perfect curtāverō curtāveris curtāverit curtāverimus curtāveritis curtāverint
passive present curtor curtāris,
curtāre		 curtātur curtāmur curtāminī curtantur
imperfect curtābar curtābāris,
curtābāre		 curtābātur curtābāmur curtābāminī curtābantur
future curtābor curtāberis,
curtābere		 curtābitur curtābimur curtābiminī curtābuntur
perfect curtātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect curtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect curtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present curtem curtēs curtet curtēmus curtētis curtent
imperfect curtārem curtārēs curtāret curtārēmus curtārētis curtārent
perfect curtāverim curtāverīs curtāverit curtāverīmus curtāverītis curtāverint
pluperfect curtāvissem curtāvissēs curtāvisset curtāvissēmus curtāvissētis curtāvissent
passive present curter curtēris,
curtēre		 curtētur curtēmur curtēminī curtentur
imperfect curtārer curtārēris,
curtārēre		 curtārētur curtārēmur curtārēminī curtārentur
perfect curtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect curtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — curtā — — curtāte —
future — curtātō curtātō — curtātōte curtantō
passive present — curtāre — — curtāminī —
future — curtātor curtātor — — curtantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives curtāre curtāvisse curtātūrum esse curtārī curtātum esse curtātum īrī
participles curtāns — curtātūrus — curtātus curtandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
curtandī curtandō curtandum curtandō curtātum curtātū

Descendants

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/

  • 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)

  1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
  2. short (of little duration)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:curto.

Verb

curto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of curtir

Spanish

Verb

curto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of curtir

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin curtus. Compare Italian corto.

Adjective

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

  1. short
  2. brief
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