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cortar (conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo 1 (dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop; ‹asado› to carve; ‹leña/madera› to chop; ‹baraja› to cut;◊ cortar algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth; cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces 2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off; ‹árbol› to cut down, chop down; ‹flores› (CS) to pick;◊ me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon3 (hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut; ‹césped/pasto› to mow; ‹seto› to cut; ‹rosal› to cut back; ‹texto› to cut down 4 (en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out 5 (interrumpir)a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;‹película/programa› to interruptb) ‹calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;[manifestantes] to block;◊ me cortó el paso he stood in my way6 (censurar, editar) ‹película› to cut; ‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out) 7 [frío]:◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weatherverbo intransitivo 1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut 2a) (Cin):◊ ¡corten! cut!b) (CS) (por teléfono) to hang up;◊ no me cortes don't hang up on mec) (en naipes) to cutcortarse verbo pronominal 1 (interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop; [llamada/gas] to get cut off;◊ se cortó la luz there was a power cut;se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe 2a) (refl) (hacerse un corte) to cut oneself;‹brazo/cara› to cut;◊ me corté un dedo I cut my fingerb) (refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;◊ se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hairc) (caus) ‹pelo› to have … cut;◊ tengo que cortarme el pelo I have to have my hair cutd) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped3 (cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross 4 [leche] to curdle; [mayonesa/salsa] to separate 5 (Chi, Esp) [persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
cortar
I verbo transitivo
1 to cut (un árbol) to cut down (el césped) to mow
2 (amputar) to cut off
3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
4 (impedir el paso) to block
5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
II verbo intransitivo
1 (partir) to cut
2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to 'cortar' also found in these entries: Spanish: bacalao - colgar - desconectar - lámina - ligadura - pelar - pinchar - ras - sana - sano - seccionar - sesgar - despedazar - largo - mitad - plantilla - servir - tijeras - trozo English: bar - begin - block off - blunt - board - breadboard - chop - chop off - chop up - clip - consent - cramp - cut - cut off - cut up - dice - disconnect - edit - fillet - hack - hair-clippers - lop off - mow - nick - nip - pick - rot - sever - shear - shred - shut off - slice - slice through - slice up - slit - snip - take off - bite - block - bread - break - carve - clippers - crop - dock - gash - hang - lawnmower - lop - loss
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.