acortar

v.

1 to shorten (longitud, cuerda).

Ellos acortaron el tiempo asignado They shortened the alloted time.

2 to abridge, to shorten.

Ellos acortaron la versión para cine They abridged the movie version.

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acortar

► verbo transitivo

1 to shorten, make shorter

■ acortar distancias to cut down the distance

► verbo intransitivo

1 to shorten

► verbo pronominal acortarse

1 figurado to be shy

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verb

to shorten, reduce

- acortarse

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1.

VT [+ vestido, falda, traje] to take up, shorten; [+ artículo, texto] to shorten, cut down; [+ periodo, duración] to shorten, reduce

esta carretera acortará la distancia entre las dos ciudades — this road will shorten the distance between the two cities

yendo por aquí acortamos camino — it's shorter if we go this way

tuve que acortar las vacaciones y volver a casa — I had to cut short my holidays and go home

el Barcelona está acortando distancias con el Real Madrid — Barcelona is catching up with Real Madrid

2.

See:

acortarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <falda/vestido> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to cut, shorten; <vacaciones/permanencia> to cut short; <película/carrera> to reduce the length of

acortar camino — to take a short cut

2.

acortarse v pron to get shorter

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= curtail, shorten, truncate, conflate, foreshorten, cut + Nombre + short, abridge, abbreviate, cut across.

Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex. Medicine also needs to reconsider whether actions that foreshorten life can be normative and permissible.

Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex. He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

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* acortar las diferencias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias entre ... y = narrow + the gap between ... and.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* acortarse = grow + shorter.

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1.

verbo transitivo <falda/vestido> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to cut, shorten; <vacaciones/permanencia> to cut short; <película/carrera> to reduce the length of

acortar camino — to take a short cut

2.

acortarse v pron to get shorter

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= curtail, shorten, truncate, conflate, foreshorten, cut + Nombre + short, abridge, abbreviate, cut across.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex: Medicine also needs to reconsider whether actions that foreshorten life can be normative and permissible.

Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

* acortar las diferencias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias entre ... y = narrow + the gap between ... and.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* acortarse = grow + shorter.

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acortar [A1 ]

vt

‹falda/vestido› to shorten; ‹texto/artículo› to cut, shorten; ‹vacaciones/estancia› to cut short

vamos por aquí, para acortar camino let's go this way, it's quicker o shorter

acortaron la distancia de la prueba they reduced the length of the race

■ acortarse

v pron

to get shorter

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acortar (conjugate acortar) verbo transitivo ‹falda/vestido› to shorten;
‹texto/artículo› to cut, shorten;
‹vacaciones/permanencia› to cut short;
‹película/carrera› to reduce the length of;
‹distancia› to reduce;

◊ acortar camino to take a short cut

acortarse verbo pronominal
to get shorter
acortar verbo transitivo to shorten
♦ Locuciones: acortar las distancias, to cut down the distance

'acortar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abreviar
- hacer
- interrumpir
English:
curtail
- cut
- shorten
- take up
- gain
- take
- turn

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acortar

♦ vt

1. [longitud, cuerda] to shorten

2. [falda, pantalón] to take up

3. [reunión, viaje] to cut short

4. [condena] to cut, to reduce

♦ vi

por este camino acortaremos we'll get there quicker this way

♦ See also the pronominal verb acortarse

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acortar

I v/t shorten

II v/i take a short cut

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acortar vt

: to shorten, to cut short

♦ See also the reflexive verb acortarse

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acortar vb

1. (tamaño, longitud) to shorten

tienes que acortar los vaqueros you have to shorten your jeans

2. (tiempo) to reduce

queremos acortar las horas de espera we want to reduce the waiting time