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

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