cortar.
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
Meaning & usage
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
Eu me cortei no espinhal.
Corte a torta em sete pedaços.
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument) to cut (to trim or fashion nails, hair, grass, or something similar)
A cabeleireira cortou meu cabelo mal.
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument) to fell; to cut down; to chop down (to drop a tree by cutting its trunk)
Preciso de uma licença para cortar essa imbuia.
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument) to cut (to be sharp enough to cut)
Essa espada é decorativa; não corta.
to cut (to remove or reduce a supply or provision)
Querem cortar os gastos rápido!
A companhia cortou a água do meu prédio porque eu não paguei a conta.
to cross; to cut through (to have its course within)
O rio Tejo corta Portugal.
to cross; to intersect (to form an intersection with)
Linhas paralelas nunca se cortam.
A estrada da minha casa corta a avenida.
to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard)
Corte esse parágrafo e cole-o na última página.
to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets
Geralmente quem joga antes do distribuidor corta.
to interrupt (to halt an ongoing process)
Não conseguirei me explicar se você ficar me cortando.
to intercept (to get the ball while it is being passed)
Silva cortou a bola e correu para o gol.
to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly
Quase bati num motoqueiro que me cortou.
to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction)
Para chegar em Albuquerque, corte para a esquerda no segundo cruzamento.
to get one's hair cut; to get a haircut.
Cortei o cabelo hoje.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese cortar, from Latin curtāre (“to shorten”).
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