acortar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akoɾˈtaɾ/ [a.koɾˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cor‧tar
Verb
acortar (first-person singular present acorto, first-person singular preterite acorté, past participle acortado)
- (transitive) to shorten
- (transitive) to cut short, curtail
- (pronominal, equestrianism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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. - (reflexive) to shorten (to become shorter)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acortar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acortar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive acortar | dative | acortarme | acortarte | acortarle, acortarse | acortarnos | acortaros | acortarles, acortarse |
accusative | acortarme | acortarte | acortarlo, acortarla, acortarse | acortarnos | acortaros | acortarlos, acortarlas, acortarse | |
with gerund acortando | dative | acortándome | acortándote | acortándole, acortándose | acortándonos | acortándoos | acortándoles, acortándose |
accusative | acortándome | acortándote | acortándolo, acortándola, acortándose | acortándonos | acortándoos | acortándolos, acortándolas, acortándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acorta | dative | acórtame | acórtate | acórtale | acórtanos | not used | acórtales |
accusative | acórtame | acórtate | acórtalo, acórtala | acórtanos | not used | acórtalos, acórtalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acortá | dative | acortame | acortate | acortale | acortanos | not used | acortales |
accusative | acortame | acortate | acortalo, acortala | acortanos | not used | acortalos, acortalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative acorte | dative | acórteme | not used | acórtele, acórtese | acórtenos | not used | acórteles |
accusative | acórteme | not used | acórtelo, acórtela, acórtese | acórtenos | not used | acórtelos, acórtelas | |
with first-person plural imperative acortemos | dative | not used | acortémoste | acortémosle | acortémonos | acortémoos | acortémosles |
accusative | not used | acortémoste | acortémoslo, acortémosla | acortémonos | acortémoos | acortémoslos, acortémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative acortad | dative | acortadme | not used | acortadle | acortadnos | acortaos | acortadles |
accusative | acortadme | not used | acortadlo, acortadla | acortadnos | acortaos | acortadlos, acortadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative acorten | dative | acórtenme | not used | acórtenle | acórtennos | not used | acórtenles, acórtense |
accusative | acórtenme | not used | acórtenlo, acórtenla | acórtennos | not used | acórtenlos, acórtenlas, acórtense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024