different between corto vs lungo

Asturian

Verb

corto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Galician

Alternative forms

• curto

Etymology

From Old Portuguese corto, curto, from Latin curtus.

Adjective

corto m (feminine singular corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

1. short (length)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

• córto
• IPA^(key): /?kor.to/

Adjective

corto (feminine corta, masculine plural corti, feminine plural corte)

1. short

   Antonym: lungo

Related terms

• cortezza

Anagrams

• torco

Portuguese

Verb

corto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?to/, [?ko?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with English curt.

Adjective

corto (feminine corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

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

   Antonym: largo

2. short (having little duration)

   Synonym: breve

   Antonym: largo

3. (colloquial) dim-witted, slow

   Synonym: cortito

Derived terms

Related terms

• cortar
• corte

Etymology 2

Shortening of cortometraje.

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

1. short (short film)

Etymology 3

Shortening of cortocircuito.

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

1. short (short circuit)

Etymology 4

Noun

corto m (plural cortos)

1. (Chile) a glass of pure liquor

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

corto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cortar.

Further reading

• “corto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lungo (literally “long”). Doublet of long.

Noun

lungo (plural lungos)

1. An espresso drink made with more hot water than normal

Antonyms

• corto
• ristretto

Coordinate terms

• normale

Anagrams

• Luong, gluon, long u

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Latin longus (“long, extended”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl?h?g?ós (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lun.?o/

Adjective

lungo (feminine lunga, masculine plural lunghi, feminine plural lunghe)

1. long

   Antonym: corto

Noun

lungo m (plural lunghi)

1. length

Preposition

lungo

1. along

Related terms

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian lung (“long”).

Adjective

lungo (plural lungi)

1. long

Spanish

Adjective

lungo (feminine lunga, masculine plural lungos, feminine plural lungas)

1. (Lunfardo) long