cortar

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin curtāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/ [koɾˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cor‧tar === Verb === cortar (first-person singular indicative present corto, past participle cortáu) alternative form of curtar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== tayar === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “cortar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “cortar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/ [koɾˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: cor‧tar === Verb === cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite cortei, past participle cortado) (transitive) to cut Synonym: tallar (transitive) to cut off Synonym: tallar (transitive) to cut down Synonym: pinchar (transitive, a language) to smatter (pronominal, milk or food) to spoil ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “cortar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cortar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cortar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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 === Further reading === “cortar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “cortar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cor‧tar === Verb === cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite cortei, past participle cortado) (transitive) to cut (to split using a sharp instrument) Synonym: talhar (transitive) to cut (to trim or fashion nails, hair, grass, or something similar) (transitive) to fell; to cut down; to chop down (to drop a tree by cutting its trunk) (intransitive) to cut (to be sharp enough to cut) (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) Synonym: cruzar (computing, transitive) to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard) (card games, transitive, intransitive) to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets (transitive) to interrupt (to halt an ongoing process) (sports, transitive) to intercept (to get the ball while it is being passed) Synonym: interceptar (driving, transitive, intransitive) to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly (intransitive) to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction) [with para ‘towards’] Synonym: virar (transitive) to get one's hair cut; to get a haircut. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “cortar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cortar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === From cort +‎ -ar. === Noun === cortar m (plural cortari) a Roma person living in a tent ==== Declension ==== === References === cortar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin curtāre (“shorten”). Compare English curtail. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/ [koɾˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cor‧tar === Verb === cortar (first-person singular present corto, first-person singular preterite corté, past participle cortado) to cut Synonym: tajar to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip to chop, chop up, chop off to slice, to slit to mow to slash, to hack to carve, to engrave to hang up, to terminate a telephone call Synonym: colgar (Chile, informal) to stop an action Synonym: parar (Chile) to shut off Synonym: cerrar to finish a relationship (reflexive) to haircut (reflexive) to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cortar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010