The Swedish word for short is
kort

Translations for short and their definitions

kort	©
1. adj. short
2. n-n. a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
3. n-n. a playing card
4. n-n. a card game, a game involving playing cards
Ska vi spela kort? - Shall we play cards?
5. n-n. photograph

kortsluta
1. v. to short-circuit (electrically)

blanka
1. adj. singular definite of blank
2. adj. plural of blank
3. v. to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals
I stallet blankade Petter seldonen
In the stable, Petter polished the harnesses
Hela huset vändes upp och ner, flygeln målades om, korna i ladugården blankades, trädgårdslanden snyggades upp
The whole house was turned around, the wing was repainted, the cows in the barn were brushed, the garden patch was shaped up
4. v. to erase all text; to blank
5. v. (finance) To sell valuable papers one doesn't own, in the hope that the price will drop sufficiently to allow the trader to buy them back, while still making net money on the transaction.
Då blankades teknikaktierna för fullt, vilket gick lätt att räkna hem.
6. v. (cooking) to finish off a sauce by adding fat (?)
Mot slutet silades såsen av, och blankades med lite smör för att ge den en lite avrundad mjukhet.