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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescortar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kor-tar
"Ela usou a tesoura para cortar o papel."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make an opening, incision, or wound in something with a sharp-edged tool.
"Be careful not to cut yourself with that sharp knife."
- 1
An incision or wound made by something sharp.
"He received a small cut on his finger while cooking."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'cut' originates from the Old English 'cyttan', which means to strike or to cut. It has evolved through Middle English, where it was used to describe the action of severing or dividing something, maintaining its core meaning throughout the centuries.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cut" is said worldwide
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couper
Transliteration: koo-pey
"Il faut couper le pain en tranches."
schneiden
Transliteration: shnay-den
"Sie muss das Papier mit einer Schere schneiden."
tagliare
Transliteration: tal-ya-re
"Devi tagliare la mela a metร ."
cortar
Transliteration: kor-tar
"Voy a cortar un pedazo de pastel."
cortar
Transliteration: kor-tar
"Ela usou a tesoura para cortar o papel."
เคเคพเคเคจเคพ
Transliteration: kaatnaa
"เคเคธเคจเฅ เคเคพเคเฅ เคธเฅ เคซเคฒ เคเคพเคเคพเฅค"
ๅ
Transliteration: qiฤ
"่ฏทๆ่ฅฟ็ๅๆไธคๅใ"
์๋ฅด๋ค
Transliteration: jareuda
"๊ฐ์๋ก ์ข ์ด๋ฅผ ์๋ฅด์ธ์."
ๅใ
Transliteration: kiru
"ๅ ไธใง้่ใๅใใพใใ"
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