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hirto.

stiff, rigid

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈiʁ.tu/Brazil[ˈih.tu]Brazil/ˈiɾ.tu/São-Paulo/ˈiʁ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. stiff, rigid

  2. erect

  3. still

Where this word comes from

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.

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