correto

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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)

  1. correct
    Antonym: incorreto

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