short

∗ ≈

corto

∗ adjective

short
[???t]
sustantivo
1 (familiar)
2 corto (m) cortometraje (m) (short film)
3 chupito (m) (drink) (británico)
4 cortocircuito (m) (short circuit)
adjetivo
5 corto(a) (physically) ; bajo(a) (person) , chaparro(a) (español de México), petiso(a) (RP)
  • Bill is short for William -> Bill es el diminutivo de William
  • to have a short temper or fuse -> tener el genio muy vivo
  • short story -> cuento (m)
6 corto(a), breve (in time)
  • in short -> en resumen, en pocas palabras
  • the short answer is “no” -> en pocas palabras, la respuesta es “no”
  • to make short work of somebody/something -> dar buena cuenta de alguien/algo
  • short and sweet -> conciso(a) y al grano
7 seco(a) (abrupt)
  • to be short with somebody -> ser seco con alguien
8 escaso(a) (insufficient, lacking)
  • to be in short supply -> escasear (money, water)
  • to be short of -> andar escaso de
  • the change was 50 pence short -> faltaban 50 peniques en la vuelta or el vuelto (Am)
  • it's little or not far short of… -> le falta poco para ser… (almost)
  • he's not far short of forty -> anda cerca de los cuarenta
  • it was little short of miraculous that she survived -> fue poco menos que un milagro que sobreviviera
adverbio
9 (suddenly)
  • to stop short -> pararse en seco
  • to bring somebody up short -> dejar paralizado(a) a alguien
10 (in length, duration)
  • they stopped short of… -> no llegaron a…
  • to cut something/somebody short -> interrumpir algo/a alguien
11 (without)
  • to go short -> pasar privaciones
  • to go short of something -> andar escaso(a) de algo
12 (to express insufficiency)
  • we are running short of coffee -> se nos está terminando el café
  • to fall short -> quedarse corto(a)
  • to fall short of -> no alcanzar (target, standard, expectations)
  • to sell somebody short (sentido figurado) -> estafar a alguien (cheat)
  • I was taken or caught short -> me entraron muchas ganas de ir al cuarto de baño

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short [short-ueiv]
sustantivo
1 Sumario, resumen, compendio.
2 Sílaba o vocal breve.
3 (plural)
4 (plural)
5 (plural)
  • The short and the long of it -> en resumidas cuentas
adverbio
6 Brevemente, breve.
Salvado mezclado con harina gruesa. En la fabricación de cuerdas, el cáñamo de calidad inferior. Calzón corto.

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short [ʃɔːt]
adjective
shorter (comparative)shortest (superlative)
1 (in length, distance, duration) [+message, journey, hair, skirt] corto; [+person] bajo; chaparro; (CAm) (Méx) [+vowel, syllable] breve; [+memory] malo; flaco
the shortest route la ruta más corta; February is a short month febrero es un mes corto; it was a great holiday, but too short fueron unas vacaciones estupendas, pero demasiado cortas; she's quite short es bastante baja
the short answer is that ...answer en pocas palabras la razón es que ...
to have a short back and sidesback and sides llevar el pelo corto por detrás y por los lados
a short breakbreak un pequeño descanso
the days are getting shortergetting los días se vuelven más cortos
time is getting shorter nos queda poco tiempo
to win by a short headhead (Racing) ganar por una cabeza escasa
to be short in the legleg [+person] tener las piernas cortas
these trousers are a bit short in the leg estos pantalones tienen la pierna algo pequeña
at short noticenotice con poco tiempo de antelación
in short orderorder en breve; en seguida
to take short stepssteps dar pequeños pasos
in the short termterm a corto plazo
a short time agotime hace poco
to work short time be on short time (Ind) trabajar una jornada reducida
to take a short walkwalk dar un paseo corto
a short way offway a poca distancia; no muy lejos
a few short wordswords algunas palabritas
that was short and sweet eso fue corto y bueno
to make short work of sth despachar algo
2 (insufficient) escaso
I'm £3 short me faltan 3 libras; it's two kilos short faltan dos kilos; bananas are very short escasean los plátanos; casi no hay plátanos; I'm a bit short at the moment (informal) en este momento ando un poco corto escaso de dinero;or to be short of sth andar falto escaso de algo;or we're short of petrol andamos escasos de gasolina; we're not short of volunteers se han ofrecido muchos voluntarios; no andamos escasos de voluntarios
to be short of breathbreath estar sin aliento
to give sb short changechange no darle el cambio completo a algn
to give short measure to sbmeasure dar de menos a algn
gold is in short supplysupply escasea el oro; hay escasez de oro
short tonton (US) (= 2,000lb) tonelada corta; (f)
to give short weight to sbweight dar de menos a algn
supply
3
short ofof (less than)
short of blowing it up a menos que lo volemos; a no ser que lo volemos; short of murder I'll do anything lo haré todo menos matar; not far short of £100 poco menos de 100 libras; it's little short of madness dista poco de la locura; nothing short of total surrender nada menos que la rendición incondicional; it's nothing short of robbery es nada menos que un robo; nothing short of a bomb would stop him fuera de una bomba nada le impediría; nothing short of a miracle can save him solo un milagro le puede salvar; se necesitaría un milagro para salvarle
4 (concise) corto; breve
short and to the point corto y bueno
"Pat" is short for "Patricia"for "Patricia" se abrevia en "Pat"
Rosemary is called "Rose" for short a Rosemary le dicen "Rose" para abreviar; "TV" is short for "television" "TV" es abreviatura de "televisión"
in shortin en pocas palabras; en resumen
in short, the answer is no en una palabra, la respuesta es no
long
5 (curt) [+reply, manner] brusco; seco
to have a short tempertemper ser de mal genio; tener mal genio mal carácter corto de genio;oror
to be short with sbwith tratar a algn con sequedad
6 [+pastry] quebradizo
adverb
1 (suddenly, abruptly) en seco
to stop short pull up short pararse en seco
2 (insufficiency)
to come short ofcome no alcanzar
to cut sth shortcut suspender algo
they had to cut short their holiday tuvieron que interrumpir sus vacaciones
to fall short offall no alcanzar
to fall short of the target no alcanzar el blanco; no llegar al blanco; to fall short of expectations no cumplir las esperanzas; it falls far short of what we require dista mucho de satisfacer nuestras exigencias; production has fallen short by 100 tons la producción arroja un déficit de 100 toneladas
to go short ofgo pasarse sin
no one goes short in this house en esta casa nadie padece hambre; we never went short (of anything) as children no nos faltó nada de niños
we're running short of breadrunning tenemos poco pan; se nos acaba el pan; (LAm)
we ran short of petrol se nos acabó la gasolina; quedamos sin gasolina
to sell shortsell vender al descubierto
to sell sb short engañar a algn en un negocio; menospreciar a algn
to stop short ofstop detenerse antes de llegar a
I'd stop short of murder menos matar, haría lo que fuera
to be taken shorttaken necesitar urgentemente ir al wáter
3 (except)
short of apologizing ... fuera de pedirle perdón ...
noun
1 (Electricity and Electronics)
short-circuit
2 (Britain) (informal) (drink) bebida corta; (f)
3 (Cine) cortometraje; (m)
shorts
verb:transitive
verb:intransitive
(Electricity and Electronics)
short-circuit short-circuit
modifier
short cut (n) atajo; (m)
to take a short cut
short list (n) lista de candidatos preseleccionados; (f)
short sight (n) miopía; (f)
to have short sight ser miope; ser corto de vista
short story (n) cuento; (m)
short story writer escritoraescritora de cuentos;a escritora (m) (f)
short wave (n) (Rad) onda corta; (f)

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