correcto

Asturian

Adjective

correcto

1. neuter of correctu

Latin

Participle

corrēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of corrēctus

Portuguese

Adjective

correcto (feminine correcta, masculine plural correctos, feminine plural correctas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of correto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “correcto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctus. Cf. also the inherited Old Spanish correcho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈreɡto/ [koˈreɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: co‧rrec‧to

Adjective

correcto (feminine correcta, masculine plural correctos, feminine plural correctas)

1. correct, right

   Synonym: acertado

   Antonym: incorrecto

2. well-behaved

   Synonyms: educado, cortés

Derived terms

• correctamente
• políticamente correcto

Related terms

• corrección
• corregir

Further reading

• “correcto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025