cortado

adj.

1 cut, severed, split.

2 cut, wounded.

3 timid, ashamed, embarrassed, tongue-tied.

4 choppy.

5 broken.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: cortar.

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cortado

► nombre masculino

1 (café) coffee with a dash of milk

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cortado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=cortar}}cortar

► adjetivo

1 (troceado) cut; (en lonchas) sliced

2 (leche) sour

3 figurado (estilo) concise, clipped

4 familiar (aturdido) dumbfounded

► nombre masculino cortado

1 (café) coffee with a dash of milk

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FRASEOLOGÍA

quedarse cortado,-a familiar (sin palabras) to be speechless, be lost for words 2 (avergonzado) to become embarrassed

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1. ADJ

1) (=recortado, partido) cut

la carne cortada en trozos grandes — meat cut into large chunks

cortado a pico — [montaña, acantilado] steep, sheer, precipitous

2) (=pasado) [leche, mayonesa] off

tener o sentir el cuerpo cortado — to feel off colour

3) [piel, labios] chapped

4) [calle, carretera] closed

carretera cortada por obras — closed for roadworks

5) [café] coffee with a little milk

6) [estilo] [gen] disjointed; [al hablar] clipped

7) [película] cut

8) * [persona] shy

es un tío muy cortado — he's a really shy bloke *

está cortado porque no os conoce — he's shy because he doesn't know you

• dejar cortado — to cut short

me dejó cortado en mitad de lo que estaba diciendo — he cut me short in the middle of what I was saying

• quedarse cortado, no te quedes cortado, hombre, di algo — come on, don't be shy, say something

me quedé cortado cuando entré en la habitación y los vi besándose — I was left speechless when I came into the room and found them kissing

9)

• estar cortado — esp LAm * (=arruinado) to be broke *

2. SM

1) (=café) coffee with a little milk

2) (Ballet) leap

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I

-da adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) [estar] (Chi, Esp) (turbado, avergonzado) embarrassed

b) [estar] (Esp, CS) (aturdido) stunned

me quedé cortado con su respuesta — I was stunned by her reply

c) [ser] (Esp) (tímido) shy

2) [estar] <calle/carretera> closed, closed off

carretera cortada por obras — road closed (for repairs)

3)

a) [estar] <mayonesa/salsa> separated

la leche está cortada — the milk is curdled o off

b) <café> with a dash of milk

4) <película> cut

II

masculino expresso with a dash of milk

•• Cultural note:

cortado

Popular in Spain and known also as café cortado. Black coffee is ‘cut’ by adding a little milk to it

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= clipped, severed.

Ex. Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.

Ex. Gericault's paintings of severed heads and limbs explored the taste for the macabre and uncanny rampant in the popular terror novels of his time.

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* cortado en tacos = diced.

* recién cortado = fresh-cut, freshly-cut.

* sentirse cortado = self-conscious.

* ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced], pre-sliced [presliced].

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I

-da adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) [estar] (Chi, Esp) (turbado, avergonzado) embarrassed

b) [estar] (Esp, CS) (aturdido) stunned

me quedé cortado con su respuesta — I was stunned by her reply

c) [ser] (Esp) (tímido) shy

2) [estar] <calle/carretera> closed, closed off

carretera cortada por obras — road closed (for repairs)

3)

a) [estar] <mayonesa/salsa> separated

la leche está cortada — the milk is curdled o off

b) <café> with a dash of milk

4) <película> cut

II

masculino expresso with a dash of milk

•• Cultural note:

cortado

Popular in Spain and known also as café cortado. Black coffee is ‘cut’ by adding a little milk to it

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= clipped, severed.

Ex: Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.

Ex: Gericault's paintings of severed heads and limbs explored the taste for the macabre and uncanny rampant in the popular terror novels of his time.

* cortado en tacos = diced.

* recién cortado = fresh-cut, freshly-cut.

* sentirse cortado = self-conscious.

* ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced], pre-sliced [presliced].

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cortado¹ -da

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 [ ESTAR] (Esp) (turbado, avergonzado) embarrassed

2 [ ESTAR] (CS) (aturdido) stunned

me quedé cortado con la respuesta que me dio I was stunned by her reply, her reply stunned me

3 [ SER] (Esp) (tímido) shy

como es tan cortado, no se atrevió a decirle que no being so shy he couldn't bring himself to say no

B [ ESTAR] ‹calle/carretera› closed, closed off

la calle está cortada al tráfico the street is closed to traffic

[ S ] carretera cortada por obras road closed (for repairs)

C

1 ‹leche/mayonesa›

la leche estaba cortada the milk had curdled, the milk was off o had gone off (BrE)

la mayonesa está cortada the mayonnaise is curdled

2 ‹café› with a dash of milk

D ‹película› cut

E ‹estilo› clipped

F

(Chi fam): irse cortado (morirse) to drop dead (colloq)

cortado²

masculine

cortado (↑ cortado a1)

coffee with a dash of milk

CULTURAL NOTE

cortado

Popular in Spain and known also as café cortado . Black coffee is "cut" by adding a little milk to it.

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Del verbo cortar: (conjugate cortar)

cortado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
cortado    
cortar
cortado 1

◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹persona›

a) [estar] (Chi, Esp) (turbado, avergonzado) embarrassed

b) [estar] (Esp, CS) (aturdido) stunned;

◊ me quedé cortado con su respuesta I was stunned by her reply

c) [ser] (Esp) (tímido) shy

2 [estar]

a) ‹calle/carretera› closed, closed off

b) ‹película› cut

3

a) [estar] ‹mayonesa/salsa› separated;

◊ la leche está cortada the milk is curdled o off

b) ‹café› with a dash of milk

cortado 2 sustantivo masculino
expresso with a dash of milk
cortar (conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
1 (dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
‹asado› to carve;
‹leña/madera› to chop;
‹baraja› to cut;

◊ cortado algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

cortado algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
cortado algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
‹árbol› to cut down, chop down;
‹flores› (CS) to pick;

◊ me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

3 (hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
‹césped/pasto› to mow;
‹seto› to cut;
‹rosal› to cut back;
‹texto› to cut down
4 (en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
5 (interrumpir)

a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

‹película/programa› to interrupt

b) ‹calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

[manifestantes] to block;

◊ me cortó el paso he stood in my way

6 (censurar, editar) ‹película› to cut;
‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
7 [frío]:

◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

verbo intransitivo
1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
2

a) (Cin):

◊ ¡corten! cut!

b) (CS) (por teléfono) to hang up;

◊ no me cortes don't hang up on me

c) (en naipes) to cut

cortarse verbo pronominal
1 (interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
[llamada/gas] to get cut off;

◊ se cortó la luz there was a power cut;

se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
2

a) (refl) (hacerse un corte) to cut oneself;

‹brazo/cara› to cut;

◊ me corté un dedo I cut my finger

b) (refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;

◊ se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

c) (caus) ‹pelo› to have … cut;

◊ tengo que cortadome el pelo I have to have my hair cut

d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

3 (cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
4 [leche] to curdle;
[mayonesa/salsa] to separate
5 (Chi, Esp) [persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
cortado,-a
I adjetivo
1 cut (up)
carretera cortada, no through road o road blocked
2 (leche) sour
3 (piel) flaky, dry
(labios) chapped
4 familiar (tímido) shy
II sustantivo masculino small coffee with a dash of milk
III sustantivo masculino y femenino shy person
cortar
I verbo transitivo
1 to cut
(un árbol) to cut down
(el césped) to mow
2 (amputar) to cut off
3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
4 (impedir el paso) to block
5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
II verbo intransitivo
1 (partir) to cut
2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
'cortado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortada
- el
- café
- capa
- cepillo
- comunicación
- cristal
- rape
- te
English:
bad
- cut
- cut off
- dead
- her
- nick
- sour
- crew
- off

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cortado, -a

♦ adj

1. [labios, manos] chapped

2. [leche] curdled;

[mayonesa] Br off, US spoiled

3. [carretera] closed;

cortado por obras [en letrero] road closed for repairs

4.

café cortado = small coffee with just a little milk

5. Fam [persona]

estar cortado to be inhibited;

quedarse cortado to be left speechless;

ser cortado to be shy

6. Comp

estar cortados por el mismo patrón o Am [m5]con la misma tijera to be cast in the same mould

♦ nm

1. [café] = small coffee with just a little milk

2. Fam [persona]

ser un cortado to be shy

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cortado

I adj

1 cut

2 calle closed

3 leche curdled

4 persona shy;

quedarse cortado be embarrassed

II m coffee with a dash of milk

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cortado¹ adj

1. (tímido) shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

2. (avergonzado) embarrassed

cortado² n (café) coffee with a dash of milk