cortar
Portuguese
/kuɾ.ˈtaɾ/, /koʁ.ˈta(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cut to split using a sharp instrument
- (transitive) to cut to remove or reduce a supply or provision
- (transitive) to cross; to cut through to have its course within
- (transitive) to cross; to intersect to form an intersection with
- (computing) to cut to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard
- (card games) to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets
- (transitive) to interrupt to halt an ongoing process
- (sports) to intercept to get the ball while it is being passed
- (driving) to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly
- to turn to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cortar inherited from Latin curtāre.
Origin
Latin
curtāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *excurtāre Latin
- curtāre Latin
- cortabolsas Spanish, Castilian
- cortafuegos Spanish, Castilian
- cortaplumas Spanish, Castilian
- cortar Spanish, Castilian
- cortarramas Spanish, Castilian
- cortarrollos Spanish, Castilian
- cortavientos Spanish, Castilian
- recortar Spanish, Castilian
- decotar Portuguese
- cruța Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cortar Old Portuguese
- cortar Asturian
- kòrta Papiamentu
- korta Kabuverdianu
- korta Guinea-Bissau Creole