cuto
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuto/ [ˈku.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -uto
- Syllabification: cu‧to
Adjective
cuto (feminine cuta, masculine plural cutos, feminine plural cutas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) missing an arm or forearm from birth, or from disease or an accident
- Mi segunda hija me nació cuta.
- My second daughter was born missing an arm.
- Quedó cuto después del accidente.
- He lost his arm after the accident.
- Synonym: amputado
- (dated, colloquial, El Salvador) short (said of clothes, especially pants)
- Esos pantalones te quedan cutos.
- Those pants are too short for you.
- Synonym: corto
Further reading
- “cuto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014