cortante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [koχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: cor‧tan‧te

Adjective

cortante m or f (plural cortantes)

1. able to cut; sharp (of a blade)

   Synonym: afiado

Spanish

Etymology

From cortar +‎ -ante. Compare English curt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtante/ [koɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: cor‧tan‧te

Adjective

cortante m or f (masculine and feminine plural cortantes)

1. cutting
2. (of a response) curt

Noun

cortante m (plural cortantes)

1. butcher

   Synonyms: carnicero, matarife

Further reading

• “cortante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10