segar

v.

1 to reap (agriculture).

El agricultor segó el trigo The farmer reaped the wheat.

2 to cut off.

Ricardo segó el maíz Richard cut the corn.

3 to cut short, to shatter, to thwart, to frustrate.

Su aparición segó sus planes His appearance thwarted his plans.

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segar

Conjugation model [REGAR], like {{link=regar}}regar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to reap, cut; (césped) to mow

2 figurado (matar) to mow down, cut down

3 figurado (truncar) to cut off

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VT

1) (Agr) [+ mies] to reap, cut; [+ hierba] to mow, cut

2) (=acabar con) [+ persona] to cut off; [+ esperanzas] to ruin

segar la juventud de algn — to cut sb off in his prime

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verbo transitivo

a) <mies> to reap (liter), to cut

b) (liter o period) <cabeza/miembro> to sever, cut off

c) (liter o period) <esperanzas> to shatter, dash

una vida segada en la plenitud — a life cut short in its prime

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= scythe.

Ex. The latest swine fever scare scythed through stock markets, cutting back gains made last week.

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verbo transitivo

a) <mies> to reap (liter), to cut

b) (liter o period) <cabeza/miembro> to sever, cut off

c) (liter o period) <esperanzas> to shatter, dash

una vida segada en la plenitud — a life cut short in its prime

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= scythe.

Ex: The latest swine fever scare scythed through stock markets, cutting back gains made last week.

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segar [A7 ]

vt

1 ‹mies› to reap (liter), to cut

2 (liter o period); ‹cabeza/miembro› to sever, cut off

3 (liter o period); ‹esperanzas› to shatter, dash

una vida segada en la plenitud a life cut short in its prime

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segar (conjugate segar) verbo transitivo ‹mies› to reap (liter), to cut
segar verbo transitivo to reap, cut
'segar' also found in these entries:
English:
scythe
- strike down
- cut
- mow

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segar vt

1. Agr to reap

2. [cortar] to cut off;

la sierra le segó la mano the saw cut off his hand

3. [esperanzas] to dash;

la epidemia segó la vida de cientos de personas the epidemic claimed the lives of hundreds of people

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segar

v/t

1 AGR reap, harvest

2 vida cut short

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segar {49} vt

1) : to reap, to harvest, to cut

2) : to sever abruptly

una vida segada por la enfermedad: a life cut short by illness

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segar vb to cut [pt. & pp. cut]