short

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. Of comparatively small height.
3. Having little duration.
4. Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
5. that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7. that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
9. Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
10. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
11. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
12. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
13. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
14. (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
15. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
16. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
17. Doubtful of, skeptical of.
18. Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

Adv

1. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
2. Unawares.
3. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
4. Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
5. With a negative ownership position.

Noun

1. A short circuit.
2. A short film.
3. A short film.
4. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
5. A shortstop.
6. A short seller.
7. A short sale or short position.
8. A summary account.
9. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
10. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
11. (slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

Verb

1. To cause a short circuit in (something).
2. To short circuit.
3. To shortchange
4. (informal) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
5. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
6. (obsolete) To shorten.

Prep

1. Deficient in.
2. Having a negative position in.

Conceptos

corto

breve

bajo

pequeño

escaso

chico

poco

chiquito

falto

bruscamente

conciso

sucinto

insuficiente

chaparo

pequeña

brusco

seco

tierno

en seco

bajo de cuerpo

baj

de menos

bajito

cortito

escueto

quebradizo

grieta

raja

rajadura

faja ancha de mujer

faja mayor tejida tiesa

algo

deficiente

limitado

menos

mínimo

un poco

menor

menudo

pequeño no más

cortante

exiguo

arisco

rudo

áspero

ahorrador

ahorrativo

económica

económico

parsimonioso

parsimoniosa

ahorrativa

ahorradora

blando

desgastado

chaparra

de repente

de improviso

de improvisto

en desventaja

cortocircuito

de poca duración

de corta duración

pantalón corto

shorts

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃɔːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Cognate with shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

Oraciones

There are a few short walks and a picnic area .

Hay algunos paseos cortos y un área de picnic.

In the short term future , prices will triple .

En el futuro a corto plazo, los precios se triplicarán.

Not all ship-to-shore radio communications were short range .

No todas las comunicaciones de radio de barcos a tierra fueron de corto alcance.

Bit is the short term for binary digit .

Bit es el corto plazo para el dígito binario.