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corto.

short (having a small distance from one end to another)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. short (having a small distance from one end to another)

  2. short (having little duration)

  3. dim-witted, slow

    colloquial

  4. cut

  5. A type of coffee made out of roughly 70% milk and 30% coffee

    Andalusia
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. A type of coffee made out of roughly 70% milk and 30% coffee

    Andalusia · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. short (short film)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Shortening of cortometraje.

noun/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. short (short circuit)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Shortening of cortocircuito.

noun/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. a glass of pure liquor

    Chile · masculine
verb/ˈkoɾto/[ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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