cortar=to cut

verb

 

Cortar

transitive verb

1. to cut (seccionar) ; to cut up (en pedazos) ; to cut off (escindir) (rama, brazo, cabeza) ; to cut down (talar)

cortar una rebanada de pan -> to cut a slice of bread

corta la tarta en cinco partes -> divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices

cortarle el pelo a alguien -> to cut somebody's hair

cortar y pegar (computing) -> cut and paste

2. to cut out (recortar) (tela, figura de papel) ; to cut back (gastos)

3. to crack, to chap (labios, piel)

4. to slice through (hender) (aire, olas)

 

5. to cut (baraja)

6. to curdle (leche)

7. to cut off (interrumpir) (retirada, luz, teléfono) ; to block (off) (carretera) ; to stop, to staunch (hemorragia) ; to interrupt (discurso, conversación)

cortar el tráfico -> to close the road to traffic

8. to cut (poner fin a) (beca) ; to put a stop to (abusos)

cortar un problema de raíz -> to nip a problem in the bud; (impedirlo) to root a problem out (erradicarlo)

9. (informal) (avergonzar)

este hombre me corta un poco -> I find it hard to be myself when that man's around