correto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- correcto (obsolete)
Etymology
Semi-learned word modified from the older correcto, borrowed from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + regere (“to make straight, rule”). Cf. also the Old Portuguese/Galician correyto, which may have been inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ˈʁɛ.tu/
- Hyphenation: cor‧re‧to
Adjective
correto m (feminine singular correta, masculine plural corretos, feminine plural corretas, comparable)
- correct
Antonyms
- incorreto
Derived terms
- corretamente
Related terms
- correção
- corretivo
- corretor
- corrigir