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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