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

Related terms

• acurtar
• encurtar
• recortar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “curto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “curto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

From curtus (“short”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.toː/, [ˈkʊrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.to/, [ˈkurt̪o]

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

Derived terms

• excurtō

Descendants

• Asturian: cortar
• English: curt
• Galician: cortar
• Interlingua: curtar
• Papiamentu: kòrta
• Portuguese: cortar, encurtar
• Spanish: cortar
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accurtiāre
  • Italian: accorciare

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]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.tu/

• 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.

Etymology 2

Verb

curto

1. first-person singular present indicative of curtir

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