cut Significado & definición

Significado de cut en español

• 0 to use a knife or other sharp tool to divide something or make a hole in something -- cortar

  • Cut the meat into small pieces.

  • He cut the piece of wood in half.

  • I had my hair cut last week.

• 1 to hurt a part of your body on a sharp object that makes you bleed -- cortarse (algo)

  • She cut her finger on some broken glass.

• 2 to reduce the size or amount of something -- recortar, reducir

  • Prices have been cut by 25 percent.

• 3 to remove part of a movie or piece of writing -- cortar

  • The movie was too long, so they cut some scenes.

• 4 an injury made when the skin is cut with something sharp -- corte

  • He got some cuts and bruises in the accident.

• 5 a reduction in the number or amount of something -- corte, recorte, reducción

  • job cuts

  • The workers were angry about the cut in pay.

• 6 an opening made with a sharp tool -- corte

  • She made a cut in the material.

• 7 a situation in which the supply of something is stopped -- apagón, corte

  • a power cut

• 8 to divide sth or to make a mark or hole with a sharp tool -- cortar

  • to cut the bread into slices rebanar el pan

  • The ax cut easily through the wood. El hacha corta fácilmente a través de la madera.

  • I cut off a huge chunk of chocolate. Corté un enorme trozo de chocolate.

  • to cut a hole in the wall cortar un agujero en la pared

  • Cut me a piece of cake. Córtame un pedazo de pastel.

  • to cut sth into pieces cortar algo en pedazos

  • to cut sth in half cortar algo por la mitad

• 9 to make shorter -- acortar

  • to cut the grass cortar el césped

  • I have to get my hair cut. Tengo que cortarme el pelo.

• 10 to injure yourself with sth sharp -- cortarse

  • I cut myself with the knife. Me corté con el cuchillo.

  • He cut his toe badly. Se cortó gravemente el dedo del pie.

• 11 to reduce an amount or level -- recortar

  • to cut prices/costs/rates recortar precios / costos / tarifas

  • companies forced to cut jobs empresas obligadas a recortar puestos de trabajo

  • outbreaks of the disease were cut in half los brotes de la enfermedad se recortaron a la mitad

  • We aim to cut the amount of hazardous wastes by 65%. Nuestro objetivo es recortar la cantidad de residuos peligrosos en un 65%.

• 12 to remove sth, especially words or pictures -- cortar

  • She decided to cut the scene from the movie. Ella decidió cortar la escena de la película.

  • Use Ctrl X to cut. Utilice Ctrl X para cortar.

  • to cut and paste from one document to another cortar y pegar de un documento a otro

• 13 ordinary, clear, and not complex -- claro y simple

  • a cut-and-dried argument un argumento claro y simple

• 14 to pay less attention to quality in order to save time or money -- recortar presupuesto

  • If we cut corners, our customers won’t trust the quality of our products. Si recortamos el presupuesto, nuestros clientes no confiarán en la calidad de nuestros productos.

• 15 to allow just enough time to succeed -- justo a tiempo

  • We made the plane, but we were cutting it close. Llegamos el avión, pero justo a tiempo.

• 16 to finish sth earlier than intended -- abreviar

  • We had to cut the picnic short. Tuvimos que acortar el picnic.

• 17 to interrupt sb who is talking -- interrumpir

  • “I understand,” he said cutting her short. Entiendo, dijo interrumpiéndola.

• 18 a reduction in sth -- rebaja [ feminine ]

  • a tax/price/job cut reducción de impuestos / precio / trabajo

  • cuts in the budget recortes en el presupuesto

• 19 an injury from sth sharp -- corte [ masculine ]

  • a deep cut on her leg un corte profundo en su pierna

• 20 a hair cut or hair style -- corte [ masculine ]

  • My hair needs a cut. Necesito un corte de pelo.

  • a really nice cut un corte muy bonito

• 21 a hole or mark in a surface -- agujero [ masculine ]

  • Make a two-inch cut in the material. Hacer un agujero de cinco centímetros en el material.

• 22 sth cut from a piece of writing or film -- cortes [ masculine ]

  • to make cuts to the speech hacer cortes al discurso

• 23 sb’s share of an amount of money -- parte [ feminine ]

  • Your cut is 20%. Tu parte es del 20%.

• 24 better than others -- superior

  • Her voice is a cut above the rest. Su voz es superior al resto.