cortarle los víveres a alguien

Question

Hello guys!

I wish you all have a wonderful time!

I was reading in this short story; "Jaque Mate En Dos Jugadas" by the Argentine author (W. I. Eisen) and I encountered this sentence; "¡Me cortaría los víveres!" . . .

In the story I read, the full paragraph goes like this;

"-Yo lo Haría - siguió entre dientes- ; pero, ¿con qué viviríamos? Ya sabes cómo es el viejo... Duro, implacable. ¡Me cortaría los víveres!" lines 31-33

I will thankful if you can guide me to the meaning and of this phrase! I did some research and I found out that some people used another expression: "me cortaron los víveres"

Thank you very much!!!

Answer 1

Cortarele a uno los víveres, is to cut off or cut back on someones provisions like food, etc. What you have here is just several changes of tense.

The first sentence would be, (someone) would cut off my provisions/food, etc. ( I would need a little more context to really know what they were talking about.)

The second sentence is the same expression in the preterit (past) tense.

Thanks Daniela! I think it makes sense what you're saying, because the main character fears his uncle, which is why he's saying this. so los viveres mean the things that make you alive, right? What other context can I use this word? Thank you so much!! - marksteve, Jun 16, 2016

I mean is this word common among Spanish speakers? - marksteve, Jun 16, 2016

Well it's common in the sense that "provisions" is among English speakers. - Daniela2041, Jun 16, 2016

I now just went to the translator (on the home page) and typed in "viveres" A whole lot of good info came up. Good luck. - Daniela2041, Jun 16, 2016

Thank you again! - marksteve, Jun 16, 2016

Answer 2

Hello everyone, It means ( I cut the food )

Thank You Ahmed Elkholy

Thanks for your response Ahmed! - marksteve, Jun 18, 2016

You're welcome Mark - Kholy, Jun 18, 2016