hirto

hirtō

1. dative masculine singular of hirtus
2. dative neuter singular of hirtus
3. ablative masculine singular of hirtus
4. ablative neuter singular of hirtus

From Old Portuguese yrto of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• from Latin hirtus;
• from Vulgar Latin *erctus, from Latin ērectus, perfect participle of ērigō.

Cognate with Galician irto, Spanish yerto, Catalan ert and Italian erto.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈiɾ.tu/
• Hyphenation: hir‧to

hirto m (feminine singular hirta, masculine plural hirtos, feminine plural hirtas, comparable)

1. stiff, rigid
2. erect
3. still