curtir

From Vulgar Latin *contriō, *conteriō, from Latin conterō (“to grind”).

• Hyphenation: cur‧tir

curtir (first-person singular present curto, first-person singular preterite curti, past participle curtido)

1. to tan (to change an animal hide into leather)
2. to pickle (to store food in a solution)

   Synonym: salmourar

3. (figurative) to be able to suffer through something
4. (transitive, colloquial) to enjoy; to like (doing something)

   Synonyms: gostar, (informal) gramar

   Não curto nada isso. ― I don't like that at all.

   Você curte futebol? ― Do you like soccer?

5. (intransitive, colloquial) to party

   Ela gosta de curtir aos finais de semana.

   He likes to party on weekends.

6. (Internet) to like (to show approval of something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote)

   Synonyms: gostar, dar like

   Antonyms: descurtir, dar dislike

   Eu curti e compartilhei o vídeo.

   I liked and shared the video.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contriō, *conteriō, from Latin conterō (“to grind”).

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtiɾ/ [kuɾˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: cur‧tir

curtir (first-person singular present curto, first-person singular preterite curtí, past participle curtido)

1. to tan, cure (a hide)
2. (reflexive) to catch a tan
3. (reflexive) to gain experience

• “curtir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024