Doesn't limarse las unas mean to file ones nails...not to cut?

Question

I heard "limarse las uñas" means to file ones nails not to cut...

Welcome to the forum! - 00b6f46c, Oct 10, 2011

Answer 1

Limarse las uñas is when you use a nail file, cortarse las uñas is when you cut them.

Answer 2

This is my understanding also. And the difference appears to be: cortarse and limarse.

Answer 3

When I had a pedicure, the lady used limarse for trimming my nails and pintarse for putting nail polish on them.

Answer 4

Limarse las uñas is to polish the nails, cortarse las uñas is to cut the nails,

Maybe this is a regional usage, but in Mexico, "to polish" is "pulir" and not "limar" (to file). But I must admit that I don´t know much about having ones nails polished. In fact, I don´t know if this is ever done.

Yes, Julian. Las uñas se cortan, se liman y se pulen. Nails are cut, filed, and polished. Standard salon procedures. - Gekkosan, Oct 10, 2011

I think there is a misuse of the word polish here. To polish nails is not to buff them up but rather to paint them with "nail polish". - Yeser007, Oct 10, 2011

Answer 5

Hi,

Limarse las uñas is to polish the nails, cortarse las uñas is to cut the nails, I hope it help you.

I don't share that understanding. To me, "limar" is to file, not to polish. - Gekkosan, Oct 10, 2011

Answer 6

Hi!

Limarse does means to file, but it's correct as well, since it's not really different from cutting.

But you can always use ''cortar'' which means to cut.

It is different, Lovely. To cut means to use a cutting instrument, such as scissors or a nail clipper. To file means to shape them and even out the edges using a nail file. - Gekkosan, Oct 10, 2011