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cut off
verbo transitivo con partícula
1cortar (remove)
  • to c off somebody's head -> cortarle la cabeza a alguien
  • to c off one's nose to spite one's face (sentido figurado) -> tirar piedras contra el propio tejado
2cortar (disconnect)se ha cortado la comunicación
  • I've been cut off -> me han cortado la luz/el agua/etc.; (of electricity, water etc) (during phone conversation)
3aislar (isolate)
  • to be cut off (from) -> quedar aislado(a) (de)

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cut off [kat-glas]
  • To feel cut off -> sentirse aislado
  • The town was cut off -> la ciudad quedó sin comunicaciones
  • We were cut off -> se cortó la comunicación (telephone)
  • To cut off a leg -> amputar una pierna
  • To cut off an heir -> desheredar a alguno
  • To cut off all contentions -> prevenir o impedir toda disputa
  • To cut off delays -> despacharse, apresurarse
Cortar completamente, hacer pedazos, destruir, extirpar, cortar (sever/branch, limb); separar, tajar, trinchar; matar a alguno; interceptar; poner fin a una cosa; interrumpir, cortar (interrupt, block/supply, route); abreviar; imponer silencio a uno que está hablando. Aislar (separate, isolate).

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cut off
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (with scissors, knife) cortar; (amputate) amputar; quitar
they cut off his head le cortaron la cabeza
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face (informal) tirar piedras contra su propio tejado
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 interrumpir a algn en mitad de una frase;or no dejar terminar a algn; to cut off sb's supplies cortar interrumpir el suministro a algn;or
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 incomunicada por la nieve durante varios días;or to cut o.s. off from sth/sb aislarse de algo/algn; to cut off the enemy's retreat cortar la retirada al enemigo
to cut sb off without a penny desheredar completamente a algn

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