correto
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing 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 Old Galician-Portuguese correyto, which may have been inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- Hyphenation: cor‧re‧to
Adjective[edit]
correto (feminine correta, masculine plural corretos, feminine plural corretas)