amputar

v.

1 to amputate.

El hacha cercenó la mano de Ricardo The axe amputated John's finger.

2 to suppress, to curtail.

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amputar

► verbo transitivo

1 to amputate

2 figurado to cut out

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VT to amputate, cut off

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verbo transitivo <brazo/pierna> to amputate; <texto> to cut (out)

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= amputate, excise.

Ex. Are we not perhaps then amputating our human faculties by limiting ourselves to the kind of meaningless cacophonation of symbols with which computers deal?.

Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

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verbo transitivo <brazo/pierna> to amputate; <texto> to cut (out)

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= amputate, excise.

Ex: Are we not perhaps then amputating our human faculties by limiting ourselves to the kind of meaningless cacophonation of symbols with which computers deal?.

Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

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amputar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹brazo/pierna› to amputate

2 ‹texto› to cut (out)

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amputar (conjugate amputar) verbo transitivo ‹brazo/pierna› to amputate
amputar vtr Med to amputate
fig (una película, un texto) to cut out
'amputar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortar
English:
amputate
- sever

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amputar vt

1. [miembro] to amputate;

le amputaron un brazo one of his arms was amputated

2. [libro, película] to mutilate

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amputar

v/t brazo, pierna amputate

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amputar vt

: to amputate

♦ amputación nf