No. 6,768 in Spanish

corto

Short.

In a sentence

El camino a casa es corto.
The way home is short.
In this sentence, 'corto' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'camino', meaning 'short' in terms of distance.
Tengo el pelo corto.
I have short hair.
Here, 'corto' is used as an adjective related to 'pelo', indicating the length as being short.
Me dieron un tiempo muy corto para terminar la tarea.
They gave me a very short time to finish the homework.
In this context, 'corto' describes 'tiempo', emphasizing the brevity of the time available.

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