| Principal Translations |
| cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (chop, slice [sth]) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | She cut the string and opened the package. |
| | Cortó la cuerda y abrió el paquete. |
| cut [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (slice into [sth/sb]) | hacer una incisión loc verb |
| | The doctor cut the patient to begin his surgery. |
| | Al empezar la operación el cirujano hizo una incisión en el paciente. |
| cut [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (chop up, slice [sth]) | cortar en vtr + prep |
| | The mother cut her daughter's dinner into small pieces. |
| | La madre cortó la cena de su hija en pedacitos. |
| cut into [sth] vi + prep | (slice [sth] with a knife, etc.) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | The surgeon cut into the patient's chest. |
| | La cirujana cortó el pecho del paciente. |
| cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (hair: trim) | cortarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | My hair is getting too long, so I'll need to cut it soon. |
| | Mi pelo está demasiado largo así que tendré que cortármelo pronto. |
| cut [sth] vtr | figurative (time, text: reduce) | acortar⇒ vtr |
| | We need to cut some time off the length of this speech. |
| | Tenemos que acortar un poco la duración de este discurso. |
| cut [sth] vtr | figurative (prices: reduce) | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | | bajar⇒ vtr |
| | | recortar⇒ vtr |
| | The supermarket chain is cutting its prices in order to attract more customers. |
| | La cadena de supermercados reducirá sus precios para atraer a más clientes. |
| cut into [sth/sb] vi + prep | (dig: into skin, etc.) (figurado) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | (figurado) | rebanar⇒ vtr |
| | The handle of the shopping bag was cutting into his fingers. |
| | La manija de la bolsa de compras le estaba cortando los dedos. |
| cut n | (incision) | incisión nf |
| | | corte, tajo nm |
| | The cut was four centimetres long. |
| | La incisión tenía cuatro centímetros de largo. |
| Additional Translations |
| Cut! interj | (cinema: stop filming) | corte interj |
| | Cut! Let's redo this scene. |
| | ¡Corte! Vamos a repetir la escena. |
| cut n | (act of cutting) | corte nm |
| | The cut took less than a second to perform. |
| | Hacer el corte tomó menos de un segundo. |
| cut n | figurative, often plural (reduction) | corte nm |
| | | reducción nf |
| | | recorte nm |
| | The budget cuts ended some important programmes. |
| | Los cortes en el presupuesto dieron fin a programas importantes. |
| cut n | (excerpt edited out) | corte nm |
| | The editor made so many cuts that the film became half its original length. |
| | El editor de la película le hizo tantos cortes que ahora tiene la mitad de su duración original. |
| cut n | (portion) | parte nf |
| | Your cut will be about five hundred pounds. |
| | Tu parte será de aproximadamente quinientas libras. |
| cut n | (cinema: transition) | corte nm |
| | | transición nf |
| | The cut from one scene to another was well done. |
| | El corte de una escena a la otra estaba bien hecho. |
| cut n | (cinema: version) | montaje nm |
| | Which cut of this scene should we use? I like the first one. |
| | ¿Cuál montaje de esta escena deberíamos usar? A mí me gusta el primero. |
| cut n | (shape, style) | corte nm |
| | I like the cut of that dress. |
| | Me gusta el corte de ese vestido. |
| cut n | (selection) | selección nf |
| | The player made the first cut, and hoped to be selected for the team. |
| | El jugador pasó la primera selección y espera ser admitido en el equipo. |
| cut n | (baseball) | corte nm |
| | His curve ball has a wicked cut. |
| | Su bola curva tiene un corte tremendamente bueno. |
| cut n | (power) | apagón nm |
| | | corte nm |
| | The power cut lasted for six hours. |
| | El apagón duró seis horas. |
| cut n | (hurtful remark) | comentario mordaz nm + adj mf |
| | She hurt him with a nasty cut directed at his mother. |
| | Ella hirió sus sentimientos con un desagradable comentario mordaz sobre su madre. |
| cut n | (meat) | corte nm |
| | Which cut of meat would you recommend for a stew? |
| | ¿Cuál corte de carne recomendarías para preparar un cocido? |
| cut n | (whip) | chasquido nm |
| | You could hear the cut of the lion tamer's whip. |
| | Se podía escuchar el chasquido del látigo del domador de leones. |
| cut n | (sports: removal of players) | expulsión nf |
| cut n | (cutting: section cut through rock, etc.) | corte nm |
| cut⇒ vi | (be able to slice) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | | rebanar⇒ vtr |
| | Does this knife cut well? |
| | ¿Este cuchillo corta bien? |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El cuchillo no está afilado, así es difícil rebanar el pan. |
| cut vi | (undergo slicing) | cortarse⇒, rebanarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The soft cheese cuts well, and does not crumble. |
| | Este queso blando se corta bien y no se desmenuza. |
| cut vi | (do the cutting) | cortar⇒ vi |
| | This knife cuts cleanly. |
| | Este cuchillo corta limpiamente. |
| cut vi | (hurt) | doler⇒ vi |
| | | hacer daño loc verb |
| | Ouch. The news that he got remarried really cuts. |
| | ¡Ay! Saber que se volvió a casar me duele. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Me hace daño que me hables así. |
| cut vi | (cards: divide pack) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll shuffle the cards and Henry can cut. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. ¿Quieres cortar la baraja o simplemente reparto? |
| cut vi | (cards: choose dealer) | escoger⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Let's cut, and the person with the highest card can deal. |
| | Escojamos nuestras cartas y el que tenga la carta más alta será quien reparta. |
| cut vi | (change direction suddenly) (cambiar de dirección) | cortarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The basketball player cut to the right and shot the ball. |
| | El jugador de básquetbol se cortó hacia la derecha e hizo un tiro. |
| cut to [sth] vi + prep | (cinema: make abrupt transition) (cine) | hacer un corte loc verb |
| | It showed the scene of the child playing and then cut to the war scene. |
| | Mostraba la escena del niño jugando y luego hacía un corte a la escena de la guerra. |
| cut into [sth] vi + prep | figurative (detract from) | impactar⇒ vtr |
| | This recession is really cutting into my luxury lifestyle! |
| | ¡Esta recesión está impactando mi lujoso estilo de vida! |
| | | recortar⇒ vtr |
| | ¡Esta recesión está recortando mi lujoso estilo de vida! |
| cut into [sth] vi + prep | (conversation: interrupt) | interrumpir⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Roger apologized for cutting into our conversation, but said that he had some urgent news. |
| | Roger se disculpó por interrumpir nuestra conversación, y dijo que tenía noticias urgentes. |
| cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (flower: snip the stalk of) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | He cut some flowers to take to his girlfriend. |
| | Cortó algunas flores para llevárselas a su novia. |
| cut [sth] vtr | slang, figurative (omit, cease) (coloquial) | ahorrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (AR: coloquial) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Please cut the jokes. Just tell us what happened. |
| | Ahórrate los chistes, por favor. Solo cuéntanos lo que pasó. |
| cut [sth] vtr | figurative, informal (turn off, stop) | apagar⇒ vtr |
| | | quitar⇒ vtr |
| | Cut the music. We need to talk for a while. |
| | Apaga la música. Necesitamos hablar un rato. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (intersect) | cruzar⇒ vtr |
| | The railway line cuts the highway just beyond the town. |
| | La vía férrea cruza la autopista justo pasando la ciudad. |
| cut [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (cause pain) | lastimar⇒, herir⇒ vtr |
| | Your remark really cut me badly. |
| | Tu comentario me lastimó profundamente. |
| cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (shape, sculpt) (dar forma) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | The stonemason will cut the granite into stepping stones. |
| | El cantero cortará el granito y lo convertirá en escalones. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (path, swathe: create, make) | abrir⇒ vtr |
| | He cut a path through the field of corn with his tractor. |
| | Abrió un camino a través del campo de maíz con su tractor. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (cards, pack: divide) (dividir una baraja) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Do you want to cut the deck, or should I just deal now? |
| | ¿Quieres cortar o reparto ahora? |
| cut [sth] vtr | (golf: slice) (golf, golpe con efecto a la derecha) | golpear cortado loc verb |
| | (golf) | hacer un slice loc verb |
| | If you cut the ball, it will go into the trees. |
| | Si golpeas la pelota cortada acabará entre los árboles. |
| cut [sth] vtr | slang, figurative (cope) | manejar⇒ vtr |
| | If you can't cut the pressure, just go away before we begin to work. |
| | Si no puedes manejar la presión, vete de aquí antes de que nos pongamos a trabajar. |
| cut [sth] vtr | US, slang, figurative (skip) | faltar a algo vi + prep |
| | | no ir a algo, no asistir a algo loc verb + prep |
| | The student cut class on Tuesday to go to the lake. |
| | El estudiante faltó a clase el martes para ir al lago. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (alcohol, drug: dilute) | diluir⇒ vtr |
| | | rebajar⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial: vino) | bautizar⇒ vtr |
| | Some bartenders cut the vodka with water. |
| | Algunos camareros diluyen el vodka con agua. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (animal: castrate) | capar⇒, castrar⇒ vtr |
| | We need to cut those calves before next week. |
| | Tenemos que capar a los becerros antes de la próxima semana. |
| cut⇒ vtr | colloquial (baby: grow teeth) | salir⇒ vi |
| | | cortar⇒ vi |
| | The baby cried all night when he cut his teeth, and his poor father couldn't sleep either. |
| | El bebé lloraba toda la noche cuando le salieron los dientes y su pobre padre tampoco podía dormir. |
| | El bebé lloró toda la noche porque le estaban cortando los dientes y su padre tampoco pudo dormir. |
| cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (whip: crack) | chasquear⇒ vtr |
| | | restallar⇒ vtr |
| | The lion tamer cut the whip with a loud crack. |
| | El domador de leones chasqueó el látigo con un fuerte sonido. |
| cut [sth] vtr | (music track, album: record) | grabar⇒ vtr |
| cut [sth] vtr | (key: make a copy) | hacer una copia loc verb |
| cut [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (reduce quantity of [sth/sb]) | recortar⇒ vtr |
| | | reducir⇒ vtr |
| cut [sb]⇒ vtr | (sports: remove from team) | sacar a vtr + prep |
Locuciones verbales
cut | cutting |
| cut across [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (traverse via a short cut) | tomar un atajo loc verb |
| | | cortar camino loc verb |
| | (ES) | atajar por vi + prep |
| | The children cut across a wheat field to get home faster. |
| | Los niños tomaron un atajo por el campo de trigo para llegar a casa más rápido. |
| cut across [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (defy definitions or boundaries) | trascender⇒ vtr |
| | | ir más allá loc verb |
| | Concern about this issue cuts across traditional political divisions. |
| | La preocupación por este tema trasciende las divisiones políticas tradicionales. |
| cut away vi phrasal | (TV, film: change shot) | cambiar de plano loc verb |
| | From a shot of the letter in the woman's hands, the camera cuts away to her reaction. |
| | De una toma de la carta en manos de la mujer, la cámara cambia de plano a su reacción. |
| cut away to [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (TV, film: change shot) (cine) | cambiar de plano, cambiar la cámara loc verb |
| cut back vi phrasal | informal (reduce: spending) (gastos) | recortar⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | We've been spending too much. We need to cut back. |
| | Estuvimos gastando demasiado, tenemos que recortar gastos. |
| cut back on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (reduce: to economize) | recortar gastos en, reducir gastos en, recortar en loc verb |
| | Now that I am unemployed we are going to have to cut back on our spending. |
| | Ahora que estoy desempleada vamos a tener que recortar gastos en nuestro consumo. |
| cut down vi phrasal | (reduce consumption) | reducir el consumo, bajar el consumo loc verb |
| | | reducir la cantidad, bajar la cantidad loc verb |
| | | recortar⇒ vtr |
| | If you can't give up smoking altogether, you should at least try to cut down. |
| | Si no puedes dejar de fumar, al menos podrías tratar de reducir el consumo. |
| cut down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (reduce, consume less of) (informal) | cortar con vtr + prep |
| | | reducir el consumo de loc verb |
| | It's hard to cut down on alcohol when my friends keep inviting me out for drinks. |
| | Es difícil cortar con el alcohol cuando mis amigos me invitan a tomar algo. |
cut [sth] down,
cut down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce) | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | When the team decided to cut down their roster, everyone was upset. |
| | Cuando el equipo decidió reducir sus listas, todos estuvieron molestos. |
| cut [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (kill, strike down) | matar⇒ vtr |
| | | liquidar⇒ vtr |
| | | derribar⇒ vtr |
| | Many soldiers were cut down by enemy fire. |
| | El fuego enemigo mató a muchos soldados. |
| cut in vi phrasal | (vehicle: move suddenly in front) | adelantarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | interponerse⇒ v prnl |
| | | colarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | meterse⇒ v prnl |
| | The vehicle cut in front of me. |
| | El vehículo se me adelantó. |
| cut in vi phrasal | (interrupt [sb] speaking) | interrumpir⇒ vi |
| | | entrometerse⇒ v prnl |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial) | meter baza vtr + nf |
| | She cut in while I was speaking. |
| | Don't cut in when I'm talking. |
| | Me interrumpió mientras hablaba. |
| | Se entrometió mientras yo hablaba. |
| | Me cortó mientras hablaba. |
| | Metió baza mientras yo hablaba. |
| cut [sb] off vtr phrasal sep | figurative (estrange, disown) | repudiar a vtr + prep |
| | | distanciarse de, apartarse de v prnl + prep |
| | The parents cut off their alcoholic son and he wasn't even mentioned in their will. |
| | Los padres repudiaron a su hijo alcohólico y nunca más fue mencionado en su testamento. |
| cut [sth/sb] off vtr phrasal sep | figurative (disconnect) | caerse⇒ v prnl |
| | While on the net, we were cut off. |
| | Se cayó el Internet mientras navegábamos. |
| cut [sb] off vtr phrasal sep | (interrupt when speaking) | interrumpir⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Francesca cut me off while I was in the middle of speaking. |
| | Francesca me interrumpió mientras hablaba. |
| cut [sb] off vtr phrasal sep | US (driver, vehicle: move suddenly in front) | pasar a vi + prep |
| | | meterse delante de loc verb |
| | A black sedan cut me off as I was about to switch lanes. |
| | Un Sedan negro me pasó cuando estaba por cambiar de carril |
cut [sth] out,
cut out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (remove by cutting) | extraer⇒ vtr |
| | | retirar⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | The doctors cut the tumour out, removing the cancer. |
| | Audrey cut the picture out of the magazine. |
| | Los médicos extrajeron el tumor, eliminando el cáncer. |
| | Audrey cortó la imagen de la revista. |
cut [sth] out,
cut out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (text, scene: excise) | sacar⇒ vtr |
| | | extraer⇒ vtr |
| | The director cut the scene out from the final version of the film. |
| | El director sacó la escena en la versión final de la película. |
cut [sth] out,
cut out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (eliminate) | eliminar⇒ vtr |
| | | suprimir⇒ vtr |
| | | sacar⇒ vtr |
| | She was told to cut out starchy carbs from her diet. |
| | Le dijeron que eliminase los carbohidratos de su dieta. |
Compound Forms:
cutting | cut |
| at the cutting edge adv | figurative (at the forefront) | a la vanguardia loc adv |
at the cutting edge of [sth],
on the cutting edge of [sth] adv | figurative (at the forefront of [sth]) | a la vanguardia de loc adv |
| | In 1440 Gutenberg's printing press was at the cutting edge of technology. |
| cost-cutting n | (business: reduce expenses) | recorte de gastos nm + loc adj |
| cost-cutting adj | (to reduce expenses) | que recorta gastos loc adj |
| cross-cutting issue n | (affects multiple areas) | asunto transversal grupo nom |
| | | asunto que afecta a múltiples áreas grupo nom |
crosscutting,
cross-cutting n | (film: jump cuts) | contraposición de escenas loc nom f |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El director juega con la contraposición de escenas, las violentas de la guerra y las plácidas de la vida hogareña. |
crosscutting,
cross-cutting adj | (issue, concern: intersecting) | cruzado/a adj |
| cutting and sticking n | (simple craft activity) | cortar y pegar loc nom m |
| cutting board n | (surface for chopping food) | tabla de cortar nf |
| | Don't cut the meat directly on the counter. Please use the cutting board. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Procura usar la tabla de cortar para que no se estropee la encimera. |
cutting edge,
cutting-edge n as adj | figurative (advanced) | innovador/a adj |
| | | de avanzada loc adj |
| | | de punta loc adj |
| | | de vanguardia loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | This cutting-edge hydrogen motor will revolutionize the auto industry. |
| | Este innovador motor de hidrógeno revolucionará la industria automotriz. |
| cutting edge of [sth] n | (forefront of [sth]) | punta de lanza de algo loc nom f |
| | | vanguardia de algo loc nom f |
| | (informal) | lo último de algo, lo último en algo loc prnl |
| | Cosmology is the cutting edge of modern science. |
| | La cosmología es la punta de lanza de la ciencia moderna. |
cutting it close,
cutting it fine n | informal, figurative (finishing just in time) (ES, coloquial) | llegar por los pelos expr |
| | | poco margen, mínimo margen nm |
| cutting room | (movie industry) | sala de montaje nf + loc adj |
die cutting,
die-cutting n | (type of cutting by machine) | troquelado adj |
| newspaper cutting n | (clipping from a news publication) (de periódico) | recorte nm |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los recortes permiten analizar casos reales de divulgación científica en las clases de epistemología. |
| price cutting | (selling [sth] cheaper) | rebaja nf |
| | | recorte de precios nm + loc adj |
selective cutting,
selective logging n | (forestry: felling of certain trees) | tala selectiva loc nom f |