cortar
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin curtāre, present active infinitive of curtō (“shorten”).
Verb
cortar (first-person singular indicative present corto, past participle cortáu)
- to cut
Conjugation
infinitive | cortar | ||||||
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gerund | cortando | ||||||
past participle | m cortáu, f cortada, n cortao, m pl cortaos, f pl cortaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | corto | cortes | corta | cortamos | cortáis | corten |
imperfect | cortaba | cortabes | cortaba | cortábemos, cortábamos | cortabeis, cortabais | cortaben | |
preterite | corté | cortasti, cortesti | cortó | cortemos | cortastis, cortestis | cortaron | |
pluperfect | cortare, cortara | cortares, cortaras | cortare, cortara | cortáremos, cortáramos | cortareis, cortarais | cortaren, cortaran | |
future | cortaré | cortarás | cortará | cortaremos | cortaréis | cortarán | |
conditional | cortaría | cortaríes | cortaría | cortaríemos, cortaríamos | cortaríeis, cortaríais | cortaríen | |
subjunctive | present | corte | cortes, cortas | corte | cortemos | cortéis | corten, cortan |
imperfect | cortare, cortara | cortares, cortaras | cortare, cortara | cortáremos, cortáramos | cortareis, cortarais | cortaren, cortaran | |
imperative | — | corta | — | — | cortái | — |
See also
- tayar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kohˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈta(ʁ)/ [koχˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈtaɾ/
- 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)
- 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
- (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.
- (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.
- (intransitive) to cut (to be sharp enough to cut)
- Essa espada é decorativa; não corta.
- This sword is decorative; it doesn’t cut.
- (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.
- (transitive) to cross; to cut through (to have its course within)
- O rio Tejo corta Portugal.
- The Tagus crosses Portugal.
- (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
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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
- (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.
- (transitive with para) to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction)
- Para chegar em Albuquerque, corte para a esquerda no segundo cruzamento.
- In order to reach Albuquerque, turn left at the second crossroad.
- Synonym: virar
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | cortar | |||||
Personal | cortar | cortares | cortar | cortarmos | cortardes | cortarem |
Gerund | ||||||
cortando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | cortado | cortados | ||||
Feminine | cortada | cortadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | corto | cortas | corta | cortamos | cortais | cortam |
Imperfect | cortava | cortavas | cortava | cortávamos | cortáveis | cortavam |
Preterite | cortei | cortaste | cortou | cortamos1, cortámos2 | cortastes | cortaram |
Pluperfect | cortara | cortaras | cortara | cortáramos | cortáreis | cortaram |
Future | cortarei | cortarás | cortará | cortaremos | cortareis | cortarão |
Conditional | ||||||
cortaria | cortarias | cortaria | cortaríamos | cortaríeis | cortariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | corte | cortes | corte | cortemos | corteis | cortem |
Imperfect | cortasse | cortasses | cortasse | cortássemos | cortásseis | cortassem |
Future | cortar | cortares | cortar | cortarmos | cortardes | cortarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | corta | corte | cortemos | cortai | cortem | |
Negative (não) | não cortes | não corte | não cortemos | não corteis | não cortem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin curtāre, present active infinitive of curtō (“shorten”). Compare English curtail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈtaɾ/ [koɾˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (file) - 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
- ¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo.
- Stop it! leave me alone.
- Synonym: parar
- (Chile) to shut off
- Corta el agua, por favor.
- Shut the water off please.
- Synonym: cerrar
- to finish a relationship
- Deberías cortar con él.
- You should break up with him.
- (reflexive) to haircut
- to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body)
Conjugation
infinitive | cortar | ||||||
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gerund | cortando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cortado | cortada | |||||
plural | cortados | cortadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | corto | cortastú cortásvos | corta | cortamos | cortáis | cortan | |
imperfect | cortaba | cortabas | cortaba | cortábamos | cortabais | cortaban | |
preterite | corté | cortaste | cortó | cortamos | cortasteis | cortaron | |
future | cortaré | cortarás | cortará | cortaremos | cortaréis | cortarán | |
conditional | cortaría | cortarías | cortaría | cortaríamos | cortaríais | cortarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | corte | cortestú cortésvos2 | corte | cortemos | cortéis | corten | |
imperfect (ra) | cortara | cortaras | cortara | cortáramos | cortarais | cortaran | |
imperfect (se) | cortase | cortases | cortase | cortásemos | cortaseis | cortasen | |
future1 | cortare | cortares | cortare | cortáremos | cortareis | cortaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cortatú cortávos | corte | cortemos | cortad | corten | ||
negative | no cortes | no corte | no cortemos | no cortéis | no corten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cortar | |||||||
dative | cortarme | cortarte | cortarle, cortarse | cortarnos | cortaros | cortarles, cortarse | |
accusative | cortarme | cortarte | cortarlo, cortarla, cortarse | cortarnos | cortaros | cortarlos, cortarlas, cortarse | |
with gerund cortando | |||||||
dative | cortándome | cortándote | cortándole, cortándose | cortándonos | cortándoos | cortándoles, cortándose | |
accusative | cortándome | cortándote | cortándolo, cortándola, cortándose | cortándonos | cortándoos | cortándolos, cortándolas, cortándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative corta | |||||||
dative | córtame | córtate | córtale | córtanos | not used | córtales | |
accusative | córtame | córtate | córtalo, córtala | córtanos | not used | córtalos, córtalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cortá | |||||||
dative | cortame | cortate | cortale | cortanos | not used | cortales | |
accusative | cortame | cortate | cortalo, cortala | cortanos | not used | cortalos, cortalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative corte | |||||||
dative | córteme | not used | córtele, córtese | córtenos | not used | córteles | |
accusative | córteme | not used | córtelo, córtela, córtese | córtenos | not used | córtelos, córtelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cortemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cortémoste | cortémosle | cortémonos | cortémoos | cortémosles | |
accusative | not used | cortémoste | cortémoslo, cortémosla | cortémonos | cortémoos | cortémoslos, cortémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cortad | |||||||
dative | cortadme | not used | cortadle | cortadnos | cortaos | cortadles | |
accusative | cortadme | not used | cortadlo, cortadla | cortadnos | cortaos | cortadlos, cortadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative corten | |||||||
dative | córtenme | not used | córtenle | córtennos | not used | córtenles, córtense | |
accusative | córtenme | not used | córtenlo, córtenla | córtennos | not used | córtenlos, córtenlas, córtense |
Derived terms
- cambio y corto
- cortabolsas
- cortacésped
- cortacorriente
- cortadura
- cortafuegos
- cortapisa
- cortaplumas
- cortar de raíz
- cortar el bacalao
- cortar el rollo
- cortarla
- cortar por lo sano
- cortarramas
- cortarrollos
- cortar un pelo en el aire
- cortatubos
- cortaúñas
- cortavientos
- no te cortes
- recortar
- tabla de cortar
Further reading
- “cortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014