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

1. correct

Antonyms

• incorreto

Derived terms

• corretamente

Related terms

• correção
• corretivo
• corretor
• corrigir