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corto

short

adjective KOHR-toh Less Common

Origin: from Latin curtus

Usage Note

Corto means short in length or duration; for people's height Italians say basso instead. It appears in cortocircuito ('short circuit') and the idiom essere a corto di ('to be short of' money or time).

Examples

"Porta i capelli corti."

Natural Translation

She wears her hair short.

Literal Translation

Wears the hair short.

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