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cortar / to cut
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cortar
A. -transitive verb
1. (con algo afilado) (generally) to cut (en trozos) to chop (en rebanadas) to slice
·corta la manzana por la mitad
·cut the apple in half
·¿quiénoun te ha cortado el pelo?
·who cut your hair?
·corta el apio en trozos
·cut o chop the celery into pieces
2. (=partir)
[+árbol] to cut down
[+madera] to saw
·cortar la cabeza a somebody, someone
·to cut somebody'noun head off
3. (=dividir) to cut
·la línea corta el círculo en dos
·the line cuts o divides the circle in two
4. (=interrumpir)
4.1. [+comunicaciones, agua, corriente] to cut off
[+carretera, puente]
(=cerrar) to close
(=bloquear) to block
·han cortado el gas
·the gas has been cut off
·las tropas estan intentando cortar la carretera que conduce al aeropuerto
·the troops are trying to cut off the road to the airport
·han cortado el tráfico durante unos minutos
·they've closed the road to traffic for a few minutes
·carretera cortada al tráfico
·road closed
·sus seguidores han cortado la calle
·her followers have blocked off the road
·nos cortaron la retirada
·they cut off our retreat
·cortar la [hemorragia]
·to stop the bleeding
4.2. [+relaciones] to break off
[+discurso, conversaciónoun] to cut short
·cortar la [comunicaciónoun]
·to hang up
5. (=suprimir) to cut
·la censura cortó una de las escenas
·the censors cut one of the scenes
6. [frío] to chap, crack
·el frío me corta los labios
·the cold is chapping o cracking my lips
7. (sport)
[+balónoun] to slice
8. [+baraja] to cut
9. *
[+droga] to cut *
B. -intransitive verb
1. (=estar afilado) to cut
·estas tijeras no cortan
·these scissors are blunt o don't cut
2. (computing)
·"cortar y pegar"
·"cut and paste"
3. (meteorology)
·hace un viento que corta
·there'noun a bitter o biting wind
4. (=acortar)
·podemos cortar por el parque
·we can take a shortcut through the park
·es mejor que cortéis por el atajo
·it would be better if you took the shortcut
5. ·cortar con >: cortar con el pasado
(=terminar) to make a break with the past
·hay que cortar con este comportamiento
·we must put a stop to this behaviour
·es absurdo cortar con tu tía por culpa de su marido
·it'noun ridiculous to break off contact with your aunt because of her husband
·ha cortado con su novia
·he'noun broken up with o finished with his girlfriend
6. ·¡corta!
* give us a break! *
7. (Naipes) to cut
8. (Radio)
·¡corto!
·over!
·¡corto y cierro!
·over and out!
9. (Latin America) (telecommunications) to hang up
·cortó
·he hung up
C.
-pronominal verb
1. (con algo afilado)
1.1. [persona] to cut o.noun.
·te vas a cortar
·you're going to cut yourself
1.2. ·me corté el dedo con un cristal
·I cut my finger on a piece of glass
·cortarse las uñas
·to cut one'noun nails
·ha ido a cortarse el pelo
·she'noun gone to get her hair cut, she'noun gone to the hairdresser'noun, she'noun gone for a haircut
·se cortó las venas
·she slashed her wrists
a. cortársela ***
·si no acepta, me la corto
I'll be bloody amazed if he doesn't accept it **
2. (=rajarse)
[manos, labios] to get chapped
[material] to split, come apart
3. (culinary, cooking )
[mayonesa, natillas] to curdle
[leche] to go off, curdle
4. *
(=cohibirse) to get embarrassed
·no te cortes
·don't be shy
·no se corta a la hora de decir lo que piensa
·she doesn't hold back at all when it comes to saying what she thinks
a. no cortarse un pelo
·el entrenador, que no se corta un pelo, ha culpado al árbitro de la derrota
·the coach, never one to hold back, has blamed the referee for the defeat
5. (=interrumpirse)
[luz] to go off, go out
·se ha cortado la comunicaciónoun
·the line'noun gone dead
·se cortó la llamada
·I was cut off
6. (Cono Sur) *
(=separarse) to become separated (from the others), get left behind
(=irse) to clear off * (en trato) to get left out
·cortarse solo
·to go off on one'noun own
7. (Cono Sur) *
(=morirse) to die
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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