corto

/ˈkoɾto/, [ˈkoɾ.t̪o]

short


Examples
  • Un paseo corto te llevará hasta la estación.

    A short walk will bring you to the station.

  • Me gusta el cabello corto.

    I like short hair.

  • Él siempre está corto de plata.

    He's always short of money.

  • Tras un corto periodo de paz, la guerra estalló otra vez.

    After a brief peace, war broke out again.

  • Te estás quedando corto de combustible.

    You are running low on fuel.

  • Tiene dos lápices. Uno es largo y el otro corto.

    He has two pencils. One is long and the other one is short.

  • Tiene el pelo corto.

    He has short hair.

  • Me pregunto cuál es el camino más corto.

    I wonder which way is the shortest.

  • Escribe un ensayo corto.

    Write a short essay.

  • Siempre anda corto de dinero.

    He's always short of money.

  • Estoy corto de dinero.

    I'm very short of money.

  • Él se dejó el pelo corto.

    He had his hair cut short.

  • El mes lunar es más corto que el mes calendárico.

    The lunar month is shorter than the calendar month.

  • Mi mamá me dejó el pelo demasiado corto.

    My mother cut my hair too short.

  • No esperamos que terminara la tarea en tan corto tiempo.

    We did not expect him to finish the task in so short a time.

  • Me estoy quedando corto de memoria.

    I am running short of memory.

  • Su discurso fue demasiado corto.

    His speech was too short.

  • Te ves bien con el cabello corto.

    You look nice with your hair short.

  • Parecía que él estaba corto de dinero.

    It seemed that he was short of money.

  • Nuestro verano es corto, pero cálido.

    Our summer is short, but warm.


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