correto

Meaning

correct

Hyphenated as

cor‧re‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈʁɛ.tu/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + regere (“to make straight, rule”). Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese correyto, which may have been inherited.

Sentences

Controlar o uso correto de recipientes de lixo e movê-los, se aplicável .

Control the correct use of garbage containers and move them if applicable.