cortar

Meaning

1. to cut
2. to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip
3. to chop, chop up, chop off
4. to slice, to slit
5. to mow
6. to slash, to hack
7. to carve, to engrave
8. to hang up, to terminate a telephone call
9. (Chile,informal) to stop an action
10. (Chile) to shut off
11. to finish a relationship
12. (reflexive) to haircut
13. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body)

Hyphenated as

cor‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koɾˈtaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin curtāre (“shorten”). Compare English curtail.