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1 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.* * *2 (reducir) to cut, reduce* * *VT1) (=recortar) to cut o trim the edges of2) [+ brazo, pierna] to sever3) (=reducir) [+ gastos] to cut down, reduce; [+ texto] to shorten, cut down* * ** * *= 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.* * ** * *= 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 ]vtla máquina le cercenó el brazo the machine severed his armun artículo cercenado por la censura an article which had been cut by the censorB ( frml); ‹derecho› to encroach on* * *cercenar vt1. [amputar] to amputate;se cercenó una mano con una sierra eléctrica he cut one of his hands off with a power saw2. [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* * *v/t1 cut off2 libertades, derechos curtail* * *cercenar vt1) : to cut off, to amputate2) : to diminish, to curtail -
2 cercenar
• amputate• cut in parts• dismember• lop off• muted• mutilated• sunder• whittle away• whittle down -
3 mochar
v.1 to cut, to lop off.2 to pinch. (Southern Cone)3 to fire, to sack. (Andes)* * *1. VT1) LAm (=cortar) to chop off (clumsily), hack off2) And * (=despedir) to fire *, sack *3) Cono Sur (=robar) to pinch *, nick *4) = desmochar2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (fam) ( cercenar)b) ( cortar mal)2.mocharse v pron1) (Méx fam) ( compartir)2) (Chi, Ven fam) < pelo> to chop... off (colloq)* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (fam) ( cercenar)b) ( cortar mal)2.mocharse v pron1) (Méx fam) ( compartir)2) (Chi, Ven fam) < pelo> to chop... off (colloq)* * *mochar [A1 ]vt1 ( fam)(cercenar): le mochó una pierna/un dedo it chopped off his leg/finger ( colloq)le mocharon el artículo they hacked her article about ( colloq)2el jardinero mochó el arbolito the gardener lopped o hacked the top off the tree■ mocharseA( Méx fam) (irse): si no quieres andar con nosotros, móchate if you don't want to be with us, get lost! o ( BrE) you can push off! ( colloq)mocharse con algo ( Méx fam): tenemos que pagar entre todos, así es que móchate con tu parte we all have to pay our share, so cough up ( colloq) -
4 desmembrar
v.1 to dismember (trocear) (cuerpo).2 to break up.3 to dismantle.* * *1 to dismember2 figurado to split up, break up, divide* * *1. VT1) [+ cadáver, país] to dismember2) [+ partido] to break up2.See:* * *verbo transitivo < partido> to break up; < país> to tear... apart; < imperio> to dismember, dismantle* * *= dismember.Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.* * *verbo transitivo < partido> to break up; < país> to tear... apart; < imperio> to dismember, dismantle* * *= dismember.Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.
* * *desmembrar [A5 ]vt‹partido› to break up; ‹país/cadáver› to tear … apart, dismember; ‹imperio› to dismember, dismantle«partido» to break up; «país/imperio» to fall apart* * *
desmembrar verbo transitivo to dismember, break up: las luchas internas desmembraron el país, the in-fighting split the country
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English:
dismember
* * *♦ vt1. [cercenar] [cuerpo] to dismember;[miembro, extremidad] to cut off2. [disgregar] to break up* * *v/t dismember* * *desmembrar {55} vt1) : to dismember2) : to break up -
5 cercenado
См. также в других словарях:
cercenar — verbo transitivo 1. Cortar (una persona o una cosa) [las extremidades de una persona, un animal o una cosa]: La máquina le ha cercenado los dedos. 2. Dejar (una persona o una cosa) … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
cercenar — (Del lat. circināre). 1. tr. Cortar las extremidades de algo. 2. Disminuir o acortar. Cercenar el gasto, la familia … Diccionario de la lengua española
cercenar — (Del lat. circinare, redondear.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Cortar las extremidades o extremos de una cosa. SINÓNIMO desmochar mutilar recortar 2 Cortar una cosa por su base: ■ cercenar árboles. 3 Disminuir una cosa: ■ la censura cercenó los párrafos… … Enciclopedia Universal
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cercenar — cer|ce|nar Mot Agut Verb transitiu … Diccionari Català-Català
cercenar — transitivo 1) cortar, acortar, chapodar, disminuir, limitar*, restringir, coartar, reducir. Cortar, acortar y chapodar se utilizan si se trata de cosas materiales. 2) amputar, mutilar … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
cercenar — tr. Cortar las extremidades de alguna cosa … Diccionario Castellano
capar — cercenar … Diccionario de Guanacastequismos
cercenadura — 1 f. Cercenamiento. 2 Parte separada al cercenar algo. 3 Huella o cicatriz que queda al cercenar. * * * cercenadura. f. Acción y efecto de cercenar. || 2. Parte o porción que se quita de la cosa cercenada. * * * ► femenino Acción y efecto de… … Enciclopedia Universal
chapodar — (Del lat. supputare, podar a la ligera.) ► verbo transitivo 1 AGRICULTURA Podar una planta para favorecer su crecimiento: ■ tardaron mucho en chapodar los árboles del bulevar. 2 Cortar una cosa por su base: ■ chapodar la autoridad de alguien con… … Enciclopedia Universal
mutilar — (Del lat. mutilare.) ► verbo transitivo/ pronominal 1 MEDICINA Cortar una parte del cuerpo de un ser vivo: ■ se mutiló la mano con la sierra. SINÓNIMO amputar cercenar ► verbo transitivo 2 Quitar una parte de una cosa: ■ mutilaro … Enciclopedia Universal