cercenar

v.

1 to amputate.

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

2 to cut back, to curtail.

3 to mutilate, to blow off.

El fuego cercenó su cara The fire mutilated his face.

* * *

cercenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cortar) to cut, trim; (amputar) to amputate, cut off

2 (reducir) to cut, reduce

■ tuvieron que cercenar el presupuesto they had to cut the budget

* * *

VT

1) (=recortar) to cut o trim the edges of

2) [+ brazo, pierna] to sever

3) (=reducir) [+ gastos] to cut down, reduce; [+ texto] to shorten, cut down

* * *

verbo transitivo (frml) (cortar - un miembro) to sever; (- el borde de) cut off

un artículo cercenado por la censura — an article which had been cut by the censor

* * *

= make + inroads, sunder, scythe.

Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

Ex. Both novels tell essentially the same story, that of a woman sundered from her high estate and her betrothed.

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

* * *

verbo transitivo (frml) (cortar - un miembro) to sever; (- el borde de) cut off

un artículo cercenado por la censura — an article which had been cut by the censor

* * *

= make + inroads, sunder, scythe.

Ex: In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

Ex: Both novels tell essentially the same story, that of a woman sundered from her high estate and her betrothed.

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

* * *

cercenar [A1 ]

vt

A (frml) (cortar la punta de) to sever; (cortar el borde de) to trim, cut off

la máquina le cercenó el brazo the machine severed his arm

un artículo cercenado por la censura an article which had been cut by the censor

B (frml); ‹derecho› to encroach on

* * *

cercenar vt

1. [amputar] to amputate;

se cercenó una mano con una sierra eléctrica he cut one of his hands off with a power saw

2. [restringir] to cut back, to curtail;

un gobierno que cercena las libertades individuales a government which restricts o curtails personal freedom;

quieren cercenar los gastos they want to cut back o reduce expenses

* * *

cercenar

v/t

1 cut off

2 libertades, derechos curtail

* * *

cercenar vt

1) : to cut off, to amputate

2) : to diminish, to curtail