La Palabra Del Dia: "cortar"
cortar ( kohr-tahr' )
verb ( to cut, to chop )
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Examples:
1. ¡No te cortes los dedos mientras estés cortando los vegetales!
Don't cut your fingers while you're chopping the vegetables!
2. Intentaron hablar con su tío en Bolivia pero se les cortó la llamada.
They were trying to talk to their uncle in Bolivia but the call got cut off. .
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16 Answers
I've had my electricity cut off, because I forgot to pay the bill!
¡Me cortaron la luz por falta de pago! :-(
Not really, just an example! 
Creo que necesito un corte de cabello así.
I think that I need an hair cut like this.
Cuando mi cuñada se cortó con mi hermano después de veinte y cinco años de matrimonio nos estremeció.
When my sister-in-law broke up with my brother after 25 years of marriage we were shocked.
Quería hacer una llamada por Skype para hablar con mi hija, pero se cortó la linea, aunque no hay linea, solo hay wifi. No entiendo como funcionan las cosas, parece que el mismísimo aire que respiramos tan contentos está lleno de palabras de las cuales no podemos ver, ni oír , aunque consiguen llegar a otros países, como pájaros pasando sin aterrizar . Es un misterio de la vida moderna.
I wanted to make a phonecall via Skype, in order to speak to my daughter but the line was disconnected, even though there is no line, just wi-fi. I don't understand how these things work, it seems that the very air we breathe so happily is full of words, although we can neither see nor hear them, yet they manage to get to other countries, like birds passing by without landing.. This is a mystery of modern life.
Cuando cocino, normalmente corto todos los vegetales a mano, porque no me gusta la ausencia de control sobre el tamaño y la forma de los trozos que viene de usar un procesador ** como quedan con la procesadora** de alimentos (robot de cocina), y, porque a mi esposa no le gusta cortar vegetales, con frecuencia los corto cuando ella cocina también.
porque no me gusta como quedan con la procesadora
When I cook, normally I cut all the vegetables by hand, because I don’t like the lack of control over the size and shape of the pieces that comes from using a food processor, and, because my wife does not like to cut vegetables, often I cut them when she cooks as well.
Cuando fui a la peluqeria andaluza me preguntaron si me gustaría que me pele , no me han dicho nada de cortarlo, pero a menos me han cobrado solo 11 euros, es algo.
When I went to the Andalucían hairdressers , I was asked if I wanted to be peeled. Just having a haircut was not mentioned, but, at least it only cost 11 euros, that' something.
Yo Ya no tengo que cortar madera para la estufa de leña mas porque ha llegado la primavera.
I don't have to chop wood for the woodstove anymore because spring has arrived.
Cuando cortan el pelo por primera vez a los niños, generalmente ellos son muy asustados. Tal vez piensan que los amenaza un gran peligro.
When they cut their hair for the first time to children, they are usually very frightened. Perhaps they think that a great danger threatens them.
Mi tipo favorito de café en Espana es un cortado (se llama así porque el café es "cortado" con leche). Con dos cigarillos y una bollería, es un desayuno de campeones.
My favourite type of coffee in Spain is a cortado (its called this because the coffee is "cut" with milk). With two cigarettes and a pastry, its a breakfast of champions.
Córtalo en cuatro trozos/por la mitad.
Cut it into four pieces/in half.
Cortaron la escena violenta de la película.
They cut the violent scene from the film.
Han cortado el teléfono/gas.
The telephone/gas has been cut off.
Me toca cortar la baraja a mí.
It’s my turn to cut the pack.
Hello rac1, I would like to know how could receive the word of the day, but in english. thank you :D
Hola amigo. Welcome to SD.
You can practice English here. Haz clic
You cdan use that verb to say "they turned the lights off because they didn't pay the bills"
cortarse la luz
se cortó la luz
Para completar algunos proyectos en el ordenador, a veces es necesario cortar y pegar.
To complete some projects on the computer, it is necessary at times to cut and paste.
En la colonia de Nueva Gales del Sur, cortaron el centro
de una moneda de oro,(Los reales españolas) para duplicar el valor.
In the colony of New South Wales ,they cut out the center of a gold coin,
( the Spanish reales)to double the value.
The holey dollar was created to address a shortage of coins in the new colony. Governor Lachlan Macquarie imported 40,000 Spanish reales in 1812 and had convicted forger William Henshall cut the centre out of each, to double the number of available coins. The coins were counterstamped and the outer ring became known as the holey dollar, with the centre renamed the dump.
él tiene que cortar las uñas.
He has to cut his finger nails.
