What does corto in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word corto in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use corto in Italian.
The word corto in Italian means short, brief, short, poor, short, short film, go berserk, be stingy, be mean, be tight-fisted, penny-pinching, close-fisted, short circuit, short range, short circuit, be dimwitted, be short of, shortness of breath, cut short, cut off. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word corto
shortaggettivo (di lunghezza) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Questa fettuccia è troppo corta. This ribbon is too short. |
brief, shortaggettivo (di durata, tempo) (duration) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Le vacanze sono sempre troppo corte. Holidays are always too brief (or: short). |
pooraggettivo (informale, figurato (insufficiente, limitato) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Gianna evidentemente soffre di memoria corta, perché io glielo avevo già detto che non saremmo potuti venire. Gianna obviously has a poor memory as I had already told her we wouldn't be able to come. |
short, short filmsostantivo maschile (informale (cortometraggio) (cinema) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) I miei compagni di classe hanno vinto il festival del cinema studentesco con un corto girato durante le ore di laboratorio. My classmates won the student film contest with a short film they made during the lab hours. |
go berserkverbo intransitivo (figurato, scherzoso (impazzire, uscire di senno) (idiom) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
be stingy, be mean, be tight-fisted(essere avaro, spilorcio) Luca ha sempre avuto il braccino corto. Infatti non ci ha mai offerto il caffè! Luca has always been stingy. In fact, he's never bought us coffee! |
penny-pinching, close-fisted(colloquial) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Con quel braccino corto non troverai mai una ragazza. |
short circuitsostantivo maschile (contatto elettrico accidentale) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
short range
(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
short circuitsostantivo maschile (elettricità: danno) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il cortocircuito ci lasciò al buio per tutta la notte. The short circuit left us in the dark all night. |
be dimwitted
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be short of
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shortness of breath
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cut short, cut off(troncare, passare oltre) (conversation) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Quando ho capito che mi voleva chiedere notizie del suo ex, ho tagliato corto e ho cercato di cambiare discorso. When I realized that he wanted to ask me about his ex, I cut him off and tried to change topics. |
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