cortar

=

to cut

verbo

cortar

transitive verb

1. to cut (seccionar); to cut up (en pedazos); to cut off (escindir) (rama, brazo, cabeza); to cut down (talar)

cortar una rebanada de pan -> to cut a slice of bread
corta la tarta en cinco partes -> divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices
cortarle el pelo a alguien -> to cut somebody's hair
cortar y pegar (computing) -> cut and paste

2. to cut out (recortar) (tela, figura de papel); to cut back (gastos)

3. to crack, to chap (labios, piel)

4. to slice through (hender) (aire, olas)

5. to cut (baraja)

6. to curdle (leche)

7. to cut off (interrumpir) (retirada, luz, teléfono); to block (off) (carretera); to stop, to staunch (hemorragia); to interrupt (discurso, conversación)

cortar el tráfico -> to close the road to traffic

8. to cut (poner fin a) (beca); to put a stop to (abusos)

cortar un problema de raíz -> to nip a problem in the bud; (impedirlo) to root a problem out (erradicarlo)

9. (informal) (avergonzar)

este hombre me corta un poco -> I find it hard to be myself when that man's around

intransitive verb

10. to cut (producir un corte)

estas tijeras no cortan -> these scissors don't cut (properly)
cortar por lo sano (figurative) -> to resort to drastic measures; (aplicar una solución drástica) to cut one's losses (para evitar más pérdidas)

11. to take a short cut (atajar)(por through)

12. to split up (terminar una relación)(con with)

corté con mi novio -> I've split up with my boyfriend

cortarse

pronomial verb

1. to cut oneself (herirse)

cortarse con un cristal -> to cut oneself on a piece of glass
cortarse (en) la cara -> to cut one's face
cortarse el pelo -> to have a haircut, to have one's hair cut

2. to become chapped o cracked (labios, piel)

3. to curdle (leche)

4. (interrumpirse)

se cortó la comunicación -> I was/we were etc cut off
se te va a cortar la digestión -> you'll get stomach cramps

5. to become tongue-tied (informal) (turbarse)

no te cortes, sírvete lo que te apetezca -> don't be shy o polite, take whatever you want
no se corta a la hora de criticar -> he doesn't mince his words o hold back when he has criticisms to make

cortar [cor-tar’]

article & verb transitive

1. To cut, to cut off, to cut out, to curtail.

2. To cut, to disjoin, to separate, to hew, to chop.

Cortar por la mitad -> to cut down the middle

3. To cut off part of the enemy’s army. (Military)

4. To cut, to divide packs of cards in card-playing.

5. To interrupt the course of things.

6. To cut or interrupt a conversation, to cut short.

7. To cut, to form by cutting.

8. To abridge a speech or discourse.

9. To take a short cut, shorten the way.

10. To suspend, to restrain, to keep back.

11. To navigate or sail through water. (Metaphorical)

12. To arbitrate or decide.

13. To cut figures in paper.

14. To cut away a mast or cable Cortar la corriente, (Elec.) to break contact. (Nautical)

Cortar la lengua -> to speak a language with propriety and elegance
Aire que corta -> a cutting, piercing, or nipping wind
Cortar a alguno -> (Met.) to put one to the blush

verb neuter

15. To cut. (n)

Este cuchillo no corta -> this knife doesn't cut

16. To cut (cartas). (n)

17. Cortar con el pasado, to break with the past. (n)

18. ¡Corta! (n)

verb reflexive

19. To be daunted, ashamed, or confounded, to stop short, not to know what to say.

20. To open out the folds or wrinkles in cloth.

21. To separate, as the serous part of milk from the butter.

22. Of geometrical figures, to cross, intersect.

23. To interpose one’s forces, dividing those of the enemy.

24. To add to a liquid another to subdue its properties.

25. To injure the forefeet with the shoes, in walking. (Veterinary)

26. Cortarse el pelo, to have one’s hair cut.

27. (Cono Sur) to be out of breath (caballo).

28. To shiver, to get the shivers. (Andes & Caribbean & Medical & Mexico)

29. (Cono Sur) to die.

Cortar el agua, 1. To cut off the water., get away!

Conjugación de "cortar"

Infinitivo: cortar

Gerundio: cortando

Particípio: cortado

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	corto	corté	cortaba	cortaré	corte
Tú	cortas	cortaste	cortabas	cortarás	cortes
Ella/Él/Usted	corta	cortó	cortaba	cortará	corte
Nosotros	cortamos	cortamos	cortábamos	cortaremos	cortemos
Vosotros	cortáis	cortasteis	cortabais	cortaréis	cortéis
Ellos/Ustedes	cortan	cortaron	cortaban	cortarán	corten