# curto
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuɾto/ [ˈkuɾ.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -uɾto
* Hyphenation: cur‧to

### Adjective

curto (feminine curta, masculine plural curtos, feminine plural curtas)
* 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 torrethey 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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: /ˈkur.toː/, [ˈkʊrt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkur.to/, [ˈkurt̪o]

### Verb

curtō (present infinitive curtāre, perfect active curtāvī, supine curtātum); first conjugation
* to shorten, cut short, abbreviate

#### Derived terms

* excurtō

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: cortare (regional)
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: curtar, cortar
** Galician: cortar
** Portuguese: cortar, ⇒ encurtar
*** → Kabuverdianu: korta
**** → Papiamentu: kòrta
** Spanish: cortar
* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accurtiāre
** Italian: accorciare
* Borrowings:
** → English: curt
** → Interlingua: curtar

### 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: [ˈkurtə]

### Adjective

curto (feminine singular corta, masculine plural curte, feminine plural corte)
* short

### References

* Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “curto-corta”, in Schedario Napoletano

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkuʁ.tu/ [ˈkuh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkuʁ.tu/ [ˈkuh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkuɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkuʁ.tu/ [ˈkuχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkuɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkuɾ.tu/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁtu, (Portugal) -uɾtu
* 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, diminutive curtinho)
* short (having a small distance between ends or edges)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
* short (of little duration)
    Antonyms: longo, comprido
** 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “Os pêssegos”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 29:Não se ouvia mais nada, além dos ruídos naturais do pôquer. O clicar das fichas. Frases curtas: "Dou cartas." "Vou." "Não vou." "Pago pra ver." "Não é possível!"(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Derived terms

* a curto prazo
* curto-circuito
* encurtar
* mentira tem perna curta
* pavio curto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

curto
* first-person singular present indicative of curtir

### Further reading

* “curto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “curto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Verb

curto
* 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)
* short
* brief