short

bajo

De poca altura en comparación con otras personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Having little height compared with other people or things.

• My brother is short.
• She is shorter than her sister.
• The short tree barely reached the window.

Antónimos: tall

Expresiones frecuentes: short person, short man, short and tall, short child

corto

Que mide poca distancia de un extremo al otro.

En inglés sencillo: Measuring a small distance from one end to the other.

• He has short hair.
• This rope is too short.
• We took the shorter path through the park.

Sinónimos: low, narrow, slim, shallow

Antónimos: long

Expresiones frecuentes: short hair, short distance, short pencil

corto, breve

Que dura poco tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: Lasting only a small amount of time.

• Let’s take a short break.
• The meeting was shorter than expected.
• Can you stay for a short visit?

Sinónimos: brief

Antónimos: long

Expresiones frecuentes: short break, short visit, short time, short meeting

de golpe, bruscamente

De repente, o de forma breve y poco amable.

En inglés sencillo: Suddenly, or in a brief and unfriendly way.

• The car stopped short.
• She cut me short before I finished speaking.
• He pulled up short at the edge of the cliff.

Cómo se usa: stop short (He stopped short when he saw the dog.); cut someone short (She cut him short before he could explain.)

Sinónimos: abruptly, suddenly, curtly

Expresiones frecuentes: stop short, pull someone short, cut someone short

desprevenido

Sin estar preparado para algo inesperado.

En inglés sencillo: Without being ready for something unexpected.

• The sudden storm caught us short.
• I was caught short without enough cash.
• She was caught short miles from the nearest toilet.

Cómo se usa: be caught short (We were caught short when the shop closed early.)

Sinónimos: unawares, off guard

Expresiones frecuentes: catch someone short, be caught short

video vertical, short

Video pensado para verse en posición vertical, con una imagen más alta que ancha.

En inglés sencillo: A video made to be watched upright, with a picture taller than it is wide.

• I watched a short on my phone.
• She uploads three shorts each week.
• His latest short shows how to make bread.

Sinónimos: vertical video

Expresiones frecuentes: watch a short, upload a short, youtube short

cortocircuito

Fallo eléctrico en el que la corriente sigue un camino indebido, a menudo dañando el aparato.

En inglés sencillo: An electrical fault where current takes the wrong path, often causing equipment to fail.

• A short damaged the radio.
• The electrician found a short in the cable.
• Could a short have caused the fire?

Cómo se usa: a short in something (There is a short in the wiring.)

Sinónimos: short circuit

Expresiones frecuentes: electrical short, short in something, cause a short

cortocircuitar

Conectar partes de un sistema eléctrico haciendo que la corriente siga un camino no previsto.

En inglés sencillo: To connect parts of an electrical system so electricity takes an unintended path.

• Water shorted the circuit.
• The damaged cable could short the battery.
• The technician shorted the terminals to test the connection.

Sinónimos: short-circuit

Expresiones frecuentes: short a circuit, short the terminals