cortante
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [koχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈtɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈtɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
- Hyphenation: cor‧tan‧te
Adjective
cortante m or f (plural cortantes)
- able to cut; sharp (of a blade)
- Synonym: afiado
Spanish
Etymology
See cortar. Compare English curt.
Adjective
cortante (plural cortantes)
- cutting
- (of a response) curt
Noun
cortante m (plural cortantes)
- butcher
Further reading
- “cortante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014