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The Portuguese word for short is
curto





short

Portuguese Definition


short
     1. Adjetivo. curto
     2. Adjetivo. baixo
     3. Advérbio. abruptamente
     4. Substantivo. (Eletricidade, Eletrônica) curto
     5. Verbo. (Eletricidade, Eletrônica) causar curto



Translations for short and their definitions

curto
     1. adj. short (having a small distance between ends or edges)
     2. adj. short (of little duration)
     3. v. verb form of curtir


baixo
     1. adj. low
     2. adj. short
     3. adj. (figuratively) immoral and/or unfair
     4. n-m. (musical instrument) bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)
     5. n-m. (by extension) bassist (musician who plays the bass)
     6. n-m. depression, hollow (of land or an object)
     7. n-m. (in the plural) basement (of a house)
     8. v. verb form of baixar


curto-circuitar
     1. v. to short circuit (cause a short circuit)
     2. v. to short circuit (to suffer a short circuit)


abreviação
     1. n-f. abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
     2. n-f. abbreviation (act or result of shortening or reducing)


curto-circuito
     1. n-m. short circuit (an unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit)
     2. v. verb form of curto-circuitar


breve
     1. adj. brief, short
     2. adj. summarized
     3. adj. minute (very small)
     4. n-f. (music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)
     5. n-f. (phonetics) a syllable or vowel that is quickly pronounced
     6. n-m. a Papal brief


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