erto

See also: ERTO, érto, ērto, and értő

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus, past participle of ērigō. Compare Spanish yerto. See also Italian eretto, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr.to/, (traditional) /ˈer.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrto, (traditional) -erto
  • Hyphenation: èr‧to, (traditional) ér‧to

Participle

erto (feminine erta, masculine plural erti, feminine plural erte)

  1. past participle of ergere

Adjective

erto (feminine erta, masculine plural erti, feminine plural erte)

  1. steep

References
  1. erto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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