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1 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) cortar2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) aislar3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) cortarcut off vb1. cortarthey've cut the electricity off! ¡nos han cortado la luz!2. aislar / dejar incomunicadomany villages have been cut off by the floods las inundaciones han dejado incomunicados a muchos pueblosv.• cortar v.• desbarbar v.• desmochar v.• interceptar v.• interrumpir v.• maquilar v.• recortar v.• segar v.1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o ( sever) \<\<branch/limb\>\> cortar2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (interrupt, block) \<\<supply/route\>\> cortar3) v + o + adva) (separate, isolate) aislar*to feel cut off — sentirse* aislado
b) ( on telephone)VT + ADV1) (with scissors, knife) cortar; (=amputate) amputar, quitar- cut off one's nose to spite one's face2) (=disconnect) [+ telephone, gas] cortar, desconectarwe've been cut off — (Telec) nos han cortado la comunicación
3) (=interrupt)to cut sb off in the middle of a sentence — cortar or interrumpir a algn en mitad de una frase, no dejar terminar a algn
to cut off sb's supplies — cortar or interrumpir el suministro a algn
4) (=isolate) aislarI feel very cut off, living out here in the country — me siento muy aislado, viviendo aquí en el campo
the village was cut off for several days by the snow — la aldea quedó aislada or incomunicada por la nieve durante varios días
to cut o.s. off from sth/sb — aislarse de algo/algn
- cut sb off without a penny* * *1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o ( sever) \<\<branch/limb\>\> cortar2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (interrupt, block) \<\<supply/route\>\> cortar3) v + o + adva) (separate, isolate) aislar*to feel cut off — sentirse* aislado
b) ( on telephone)
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