No. 4,798 in Spanish
cortos
Shorts.
In a sentence
Los pantalones que usan en verano son cortos.
The pants they wear in summer are short.
In this sentence, 'cortos' is used as an adjective to describe the length of the pants, emphasizing that they are not long.
Los días de invierno son cortos en esta región.
Winter days are short in this region.
Here, 'cortos' modifies 'días' to indicate the duration or length of daylight during winter, showing how 'cortos' can describe time-related aspects as well.
El discurso del orador fue muy corto pero interesante.
The speaker's speech was very short but interesting.
In this context, 'corto' (the singular form) is describing the speech's duration, pointing out that the talk was concise or brief.
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