certo

Portuguese

/ˈsɛɾ.tu/, /ˈsɛʁ.tu/

adj
Definitions
  • right; correct not containing errors
  • certain; sure without doubt
  • precise; accurate
  • morally right; just
  • inevitable impossible to avoid or prevent

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese certo inherited from Latin certus (certain, resolved, fixed) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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