| cortar |
| 1. v. to cut (to split using a sharp instrument) | |
| Eu me cortei no espinhal. - I got cut in the thorn thicket. | |
| Corte a torta em sete pedaços. - Cut the pie into seven pieces. | |
| 2. v. to cut (to trim or fashion nails, hair, grass, or something similar) | |
| A cabeleireira cortou meu cabelo mal. - The hairdresser cut my hair badly. | |
| 3. v. to fell; to cut down; to chop down (to drop a tree by cutting its trunk) | |
| Preciso de uma licença para cortar essa imbuia. - I need a license to cut down this imbuia. | |
| 4. v. to cut (to be sharp enough to cut) | |
| Essa espada é decorativa; não corta. - This sword is decorative; it doesn’t cut. | |
| 5. v. to cut (to remove or reduce a supply or provision) | |
| Querem cortar os gastos rápido! - They want to cut the expenses fast! | |
| A companhia cortou a água do meu prédio porque eu não paguei a conta. - The company cut the water supply to my building because I didn’t pay the bill. | |
| 6. v. to cross; to cut through (to have its course within) | |
| O rio Tejo corta Portugal. - The Tagus crosses Portugal. | |
| 7. v. to cross; to intersect (to form an intersection with) | |
| Linhas paralelas nunca se cortam. - Parallel lines never cross one another. | |
| A estrada da minha casa corta a avenida. - The street of my house crosses the avenue. | |
| 8. v. (computing, transitive) to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard) | |
| Corte esse parágrafo e cole-o na última página. - Cut this paragraph and paste it in the last page. | |
| 9. v. (card games, transitive, intransitive) to divide a recently shuffled deck into two sets | |
| Geralmente quem joga antes do distribuidor corta. - Usually, the person who plays before the dealer cuts the deck. | |
| 10. v. to interrupt (to halt an ongoing process) | |
| Não conseguirei me explicar se você ficar me cortando. - I won’t be able to explain myself if you keep interrupting me. | |
| 11. v. (sports) to intercept (to get the ball while it is being passed) | |
| Silva cortou a bola e correu para o gol. - Silva intercepted the ball and ran towards the goal. | |
| 12. v. (driving, transitive, intransitive) to overtake and move in front of another vehicle suddenly | |
| Quase bati num motoqueiro que me cortou. - I almost hit a biker who moved in front of me. | |
| 13. v. (indtr, para) to turn (to rotate and move to a perpendicular direction) | |
| Para chegar em Albuquerque, corte para a esquerda no segundo cruzamento. - In order to reach Albuquerque, turn left at the second crossroad. | |
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