"correto" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /koˈʁɛ.tu/ [Brazil], [koˈhɛ.tu] [Brazil], /koˈʁɛ.tu/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [koˈχɛ.tu] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /kuˈʁɛ.tu/ [Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146 (por)-Santamarcanda-correto.wav [Portugal] (note: Porto) Forms: correta [feminine], corretos [masculine, plural], corretas [feminine, plural], correcto [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛtu Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|correctus||improved, amended, correct}} Learned borrowing from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), {{cog|roa-opt|correyto}} Old Galician-Portuguese correyto Head templates: {{pt-adj}} correto (feminine correta, masculine plural corretos, feminine plural corretas)
  1. correct
    Sense id: en-correto-pt-adj-FaWW48mM
  2. corrected, amended Synonyms: corrigido, emendado
    Sense id: en-correto-pt-adj-~hW6KkhQ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: corretamente Related terms: correção, corretivo, corretor, corrigir

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "pov",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "correta",
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        "feminine"
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        "masculine",
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    },
    {
      "form": "corretas",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "correcto",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "corretivo"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "corretor"
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          "ref": "1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão [Gastão’s choice]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]^(https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Contos_e_phantasias_(Maria_Amália_Vaz_de_Carvalho,_1905)), 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 116:",
          "text": "Achava-o superior, correcto, distincto, de uma aristrocracia innata que a encantava.",
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      "ipa": "[koˈhɛ.tu]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/koˈʁɛ.tu/",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[koˈχɛ.tu]",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "/kuˈʁɛ.tu/",
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    {
      "form": "corretas",
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    {
      "word": "corretivo"
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        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/koˈʁɛ.tu/",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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    {
      "ipa": "[koˈχɛ.tu]",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "/kuˈʁɛ.tu/",
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