curtail

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Verb

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

Conceptos

acortar

abreviar

truncar

disminuir

limitar

amputar

cercenar

quitar

resumir

arrebatar

deducir

descontar

restar

sustraer

restringir

capar

cortar

desmochar

embotar

mutilar

talar

tronchar

diminuir

recortar

arrancar

atrincherar

circunscribir

menguar

mermar

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