cortar
Portuguese, verb/koʁˈta(ʁ)/
cortar is spelled C-O-R-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “separar ou dividir por meio de corte”.
What does cortar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut (to split using a sharp instrument)
Eu me cortei no espinhal.
- 2
to cut (to trim or fashion nails, hair, grass, or something similar)
A cabeleireira cortou meu cabelo mal.
- 3
to fell; to cut down; to chop down (to drop a tree by cutting its trunk)
Preciso de uma licença para cortar essa imbuia.
- 4
to cut (to be sharp enough to cut)
Essa espada é decorativa; não corta.
- 5
to cut (to remove or reduce a supply or provision)
Querem cortar os gastos rápido!
- 6
to cross; to cut through (to have its course within)
O rio Tejo corta Portugal.
- 7
to cross; to intersect (to form an intersection with)
Linhas paralelas nunca se cortam.
- 8
to cut (to erase data such that it is moved to the clipboard)
Corte esse parágrafo e cole-o na última página.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. separar ou dividir por meio de corte 2. talhar 3. fender 4. interromper
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cortar
- corto first-person present singular
- cortei first-person preterite singular
- cortado participle past
- cortares infinitive second-person singular
- cortarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cortardes infinitive plural second-person
- cortarem infinitive plural third-person
- cortando gerund
- cortados masculine participle past
- cortada feminine participle past
- cortadas feminine participle past
- cortas indicative present second-person
- corta indicative present singular
- cortamos first-person indicative plural
- cortais indicative plural present
- cortam indicative plural present
- cortava first-person imperfect indicative
- cortavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortar?
- Brazil /koʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kohˈta(h)]
- /koɾˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortar in Portuguese?
cortar appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).