Usage Note
Korto, borrowed from Spanish 'corto' (short), refers to short pants worn casually and is very common in the Philippine tropical climate where shorts are everyday wear. Both children and adults use this term daily, and it also appears in the phrase 'korto na damit' for short clothing generally.
Examples
" Magsuot ka ng korto. "
Natural Translation
Wear some shorts.
Literal Translation
Wear you of shorts.
" Nasaan ang malinis na korto? "
Natural Translation
Where are the clean shorts?
Literal Translation
Where the clean that shorts?
" Korto at tsinelas lang ang isinusuot namin sa bahay dahil sobrang init ng panahon tuwing tag-araw. "
Natural Translation
We only wear shorts and slippers at home because the weather is so hot during summer.
Literal Translation
Shorts and slippers only the wear we at house because so-much heat of weather every summer.
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