cortar

From Latin curtāre.

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/, [koɾˈt̪aɾ]

cortar (first-person singular indicative present corto, past participle cortáu)

1. Alternative form of curtar

• tayar

From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”).

• IPA^(key): [koɾˈtaɾ]

cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite cortei, past participle cortado)

1. (transitive) to cut

   Synonym: tallar

2. (transitive) to cut off

   Synonym: tallar

3. (transitive) to cut down

   Synonym: pinchar

4. (transitive, a language) to smatter
5. (pronominal, milk or food) to spoil

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cortar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cortar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cortar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”).

• Hyphenation: cor‧tar

cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite cortei, past participle cortado)

1. (transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)

   Eu me cortei no espinhal.

   I got cut in the thorn thicket.

   Corte a torta em sete pedaços.

   Cut the pie into seven pieces.

   Synonym: talhar

   1. (transitive) to cut (to trim or fashion nails, hair, grass, or something similar)

      A cabeleireira cortou meu cabelo mal.

      The hairdresser cut my hair badly.

   2. (transitive) to fell; to cut down; to chop down (to drop a tree by cutting its trunk)

      Preciso de uma licença para cortar essa imbuia.

      I need a license to cut down this imbuia.

   3. (intransitive) to cut (to be sharp enough to cut)

      Essa espada é decorativa; não corta.

      This sword is decorative; it doesn’t cut.

2. (transitive) to cut (to remove or reduce a supply or provision)

   Querem cortar os gastos rápido!

   They want to cut the expenses fast!

   A companhia cortou a água do meu prédio porque eu não paguei a conta.

   The company cut the water supply to my building because I didn’t pay the bill.

3. (transitive) to cross; to cut through (to have its course within)

   O rio Tejo corta Portugal.

   The Tagus crosses Portugal.

4. (transitive) to cross; to intersect (to form an intersection with)

   Linhas paralelas nunca se cortam.

   Parallel lines never cross one another.

   A estrada da minha casa corta a avenida.

   The street of my house crosses the avenue.

   Synonym: cruzar

5. (computing, transitive) to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard)

   Corte esse parágrafo e cole-o na última página.

   Cut this paragraph and paste it in the last page.

6. (card games, transitive, intransitive) to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets

   Geralmente quem joga antes do distribuidor corta.

   Usually, the person who plays before the dealer cuts the deck.

7. (transitive) to interrupt (to halt an ongoing process)

   Não conseguirei me explicar se você ficar me cortando.

   I won’t be able to explain myself if you keep interrupting me.

8. (sports, transitive) to intercept (to get the ball while it is being passed)

   Silva cortou a bola e correu para o gol.

   Silva intercepted the ball and ran towards the goal.

   Synonym: interceptar

9. (driving, transitive, intransitive) to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly

   Quase bati num motoqueiro que me cortou.

   I almost hit a biker who moved in front of me.

10. (intransitive) to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction) [with para ‘towards’]

    Para chegar em Albuquerque, corte para a esquerda no segundo cruzamento.

    In order to reach Albuquerque, turn left at the second crossroad.

    Synonym: virar

11. (transitive) to get one's hair cut; to get a haircut.

    Cortei o cabelo hoje.

    I got my hair cut today

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

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/ [koɾˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cor‧tar

cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite corté, past participle cortado)

1. to cut

   Synonym: tajar

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

   Synonym: colgar

9. (Chile, informal) to stop an action

   Synonym: parar

   ¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo.

   Stop it! leave me alone.

10. (Chile) to shut off

    Synonym: cerrar

    Corta el agua, por favor.

    Shut the water off please.

11. to finish a relationship

    Deberías cortar con él.

    You should break up with him.

12. (reflexive) to haircut
13. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body)

• “cortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10