curtail

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut short the tail of (an animal).
2. (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To limit or restrict; to keep in check.

Conceptos

acortar

abreviar

disminuir

truncar

quitar

amputar

cercenar

limitar

deducir

descontar

arrebatar

restar

resumir

sustraer

mermar

recortar

restringir

tronchar

cortar

talar

arrancar

atrincherar

circunscribir

desmochar

menguar

capar

embotar

diminuir

mutilar

Sinónimos

shorten

reduce

abridge

lessen

abbreviate

cut

diminish

cut down

decrease

restrict

clip

cut off

retrench

cut short

cut back

remove

slash

limit

contract

circumscribe

abstract

shrink

save

truncate

confine

lower

trim

curb

check

be concise

take away

eliminate

take

take summary action

make short

seize

count down

dock

abate

moderate

attenuate

omit

deduct

mitigate

pare

economize

lop

recapitulate

subtract

cross out

Traducciones

abréger

inkorten

bekorten

beknotten

restreindre

verminderen

verkorten

limiter

abkürzen

beperken

kürzen

raccourcir

einschränken

écourter

verkürzen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɜːˈteɪl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault