cut short

cortar corto

Reducir mucho la longitud de algo con tijeras u otra herramienta afilada.

En inglés sencillo: To use scissors or another sharp tool to make something much shorter.

• He cuts his hair short.
• We cut the grass short yesterday.
• Should I cut these stems short?

Cómo se usa: cut something short (She cuts her nails short for work.)

Sinónimos: trim, crop

Expresiones frecuentes: cut hair short, cut grass short

acortar, interrumpir

Terminar algo antes del momento previsto.

En inglés sencillo: To end something before it was supposed to finish.

• Rain cut short our picnic.
• She cut her visit short.
• Was the match cut short by the storm?

Cómo se usa: cut something short (We cut our holiday short because of the storm.)

Sinónimos: curtail, shorten

Antónimos: extend, prolong

Expresiones frecuentes: cut short something, cut something short

interrumpir

Detener a alguien antes de que termine de hablar.

En inglés sencillo: To stop someone before they finish speaking.

• Please do not cut me short.
• He cut her short with a sharp question.
• The manager cut us short before we finished explaining.

Cómo se usa: cut someone short (The chair cut me short before I could explain.)

Sinónimos: interrupt, cut off

Expresiones frecuentes: cut someone short, cut short someone

acortado, interrumpido

De menor longitud o terminado antes del momento esperado.

En inglés sencillo: Made shorter, or ended before the expected time.

• With her hair cut short, she looked younger.
• The visit, cut short by illness, lasted only two days.
• His career, cut short by injury, had begun well.

Sinónimos: shortened, curtailed

Expresiones frecuentes: hair cut short, life cut short