cortar
Meaning
- (transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
- (transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
- (intransitive,transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
- (transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
- (transitive) to cut (to remove or reduce a supply or provision)
- (transitive) to cross; to cut through (to have its course within)
- (transitive) to cross; to intersect (to form an intersection with)
- (transitive) to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard)
- (intransitive,transitive) to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets
- (transitive) to interrupt (to halt an ongoing process)
- (transitive) to intercept (to get the ball while it is being passed)
- (intransitive,transitive) to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly
- (intransitive) to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction)
- (transitive) to get one's hair cut; to get a haircut.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cor‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koʁˈta(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”).
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