La Palabra del Día: "corto"
corto (kohr'-toh)
adjective ( short, brief )
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Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. Then the Word of the Day winner will be chosen.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
1. Estoy corta de dinero este mes así que tendré que trabajar de mesera en el restaurante de mi tía.
I'm short of money this month so I'll have to work as a waitress at my aunt's restaurant.
1. Ese vestido te queda corto y te hace ver gorda, ¡no lo puedes comprar!
That dress is short on you and it makes you look fat, you cannot buy it!
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Decir que había estado bebiendo es quedarse corto.
To say he had been drinking is an understatement.
La peluquería se ha cortado me pelo muy corto .
The hairdresser has cut my hair too short.
"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."
Un proverbio es una corta sentencia basada en una larga experiencia.
La vida es muy corta para vivir sin dónuts.
Life is too short to live without donuts.
Even though Jamal was filthy and short, it didn't stop him from pushing through the crowd to see his favorite actor.
Aunque Jamal era asqueroso y corto, no impidió a él abrirse paso a empujones entre la gente para ver su actor favorito.
Estaban a punto de intercambiar votos cuando, de repente, la señora Slash decidió rediseñar su vestido de novia largo en un vestido corto.
They were about to exchange vows when all of a sudden Mrs. Slash decided to redesign her long wedding dress into a short dress.
La semana pasada corté el césped demasiado corto. Ahora es muy seco y ha vuelto marrón.
Last week I cut the grass too short. Now it is very dry and has turned brown.
Una frase o discurso corta breve , es a menudo el mejor.
A brief short phrase or speech is often the best.
Por favor, hazlo corto.
Please, make it short. (As in a story)
A veces la vida se puede ser difícil para personas cortas.
Sometimes life can be difficult for short people.
Es una película de corta duración. It is a short film.
En noviembre los días se ponen más y más cortos y las noches se ponen más largas.
In November the days are growing shorter and shorter and the nights are growing longer.
Este informe es suficiente en el corto plazo, pero necesitamos ampliarlo para la reunión en Luxemburgo en noviembre.
This report is fine for now but we need to broaden the content for the meeting in Luxembourg in November.
Verbosity is not short enough.
la verbosidad no es lo suficientemente corto.
