The Swedish word for to cut is
skära

Translations for to cut and their definitions

klippa	©
1. n-c. a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or in an extended sense the entire rock formation having the cliff(s), similar to how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English)
Segla mot klipporna där borta - Sail towards the rocks over there
2. n-c. bedrock
3. n-c. (figuratively) a rock (something strong, stable, and dependable, usually a person)
Han är en klippa som alltid hjälper till när det är problem - He is a rock who always helps out when there's problems
Så säger ock jag dig att du är Petrus; och på denna klippa skall jag bygga min församling - And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church (Matthew 16:
4. v. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip
Han klippte av tråden med saxen - He cut the thread with the scissors
Hon klippte ut bilden ur tidningen - She cut the image out of the newspaper
klippa in en bild i en annan - insert one image (that has been cut out, with scissors or digitally) into another
Den här saxen klipper dåligt - These scissors cut poorly
5. v.          to cut someone's hair
Jag klippte henne(s hår) - I cut her hair (parenthesized part normally redundant)
klippa pottfrisyr på någon - give someone a bowl cut
6. v.          to get a haircut (done by someone else or oneself)
Jag ska klippa mig imorgon - I'm getting a haircut tomorrow
Jag ska klippa pottfrisyr - I will get a bowl cut / I will give someone a bowl cut (ambiguous, though the first reading is more likely)
7. v.          to shear (a sheep)
klippa ett får - shear a sheep
8. v.          (figuratively) to cut (connections with someone or the like)
klippa alla band med någon - cut all ties with someone
9. v.          (figuratively) to do a (repeated) scissors-like motion
Hästen klippte med öronen - The horse was flicking its ears
klippa med ögonen - blink repeatedly
10. v. to mow (a lawn), to trim (a hedge), or the like (with any implement)
Jag klipper gräset - I'm mowing the lawn
11. v. to cut (cease recording activities)
12. v. (film) to cut (edit a film)
att klippa en film - to edit a movie
13. v. (signal processing) to clip
14. v. (computer graphics, video games) to clip
15. v. (colloquial) to kill
Klipp honom! - Kill him!
16. v. (in "vara klippt") to no longer be any chance for a good outcome
Får vakterna syn på oss så är det klippt - If the guards spot us, it's over

skära	©
1. v. to cut; to perform an incision
2. v. to cut; to divide something with a knife, etc.
3. v. (with ner) to cut; to make reductions in a budget or the like
4. v. to cut oneself; to accidentally or intentionally hurt oneself with a sharp object
5. v. to curdle, said of milk, a sauce, etc.
6. v. (geometry) to cut; to intersect; to cross
7. n-c. sickle
8. adj. singular definite of skär
9. adj. plural of skär

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