cut off

cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) cortar
2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) aislar
3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) cortar
cut off vb
1. cortar
they've cut the electricity off! ¡nos han cortado la luz!
2. aislar / dejar incomunicado
many villages have been cut off by the floods las inundaciones han dejado incomunicados a muchos pueblos
cut off
v.
• cortar v.
• desbarbar v.
• desmochar v.
• interceptar v.
• interrumpir v.
• maquilar v.
• recortar v.
• segar v.
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (sever) \<\<branch/limb\>\> cortar
2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (interrupt, block) \<\<supply/route\>\> cortar
3) v + o + adv
a) (separate, isolate) aislar*

to feel cut off — sentirse* aislado

the town was cut off — la ciudad quedó sin comunicaciones

b) (on telephone)

we were cut off — se cortó la comunicación

VT + ADV
1) (with scissors, knife) cortar; (=amputate) amputar, quitar

they cut off his head — le cortaron la cabeza

- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
2) (=disconnect) [+ telephone, gas] cortar, desconectar

we've been cut off — (Telec) nos han cortado la comunicación

3) (=interrupt)

to cut sb off in the middle of a sentence — cortar or interrumpir a algn en mitad de una frase, no dejar terminar a algn

to cut off sb's supplies — cortar or interrumpir el suministro a algn

4) (=isolate) aislar

I feel very cut off, living out here in the country — me siento muy aislado, viviendo aquí en el campo

cut off by floods — aislado por las inundaciones

we were cut off by the snow — quedamos bloqueados por la nieve

the village was cut off for several days by the snow — la aldea quedó aislada or incomunicada por la nieve durante varios días

to cut o.s. off from sth/sb — aislarse de algo/algn

to cut off the enemy's retreat — cortar la retirada al enemigo

- cut sb off without a penny
* * *
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (sever) \<\<branch/limb\>\> cortar
2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (interrupt, block) \<\<supply/route\>\> cortar
3) v + o + adv
a) (separate, isolate) aislar*

to feel cut off — sentirse* aislado

the town was cut off — la ciudad quedó sin comunicaciones

b) (on telephone)

we were cut off — se cortó la comunicación


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