English–Spanish dictionary
Spanish translation of the English word short
| English | Spanish (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
corto | ||
🔗 It has a large head, a short neck, relatively short arms and pillar‐like legs. | ||
| (inadequate; insufficient; meagre; poor; scarce) | insuficiente | nesufiĉa |
short ragweed (common ragweed) | estafiate ; altamisa ; amargosa ; artemisa ; artemisa de México ; artemisia ; marco de Perú ; santa María | |
short story (novella) | novela corta | |
shortage (want) | ||
shorten (abbreviate; abridge; curtail) | abreviar ; acortar | |
shorthand (stenography) | taquigrafía | |
shorts (short pants; knee‐breeches; culottes) | calzón | |
shorts (short pants) | pantalón corto | |
shorts (panties; underpants; pants; briefs; knickers; pair of drawers; pair of briefs; pair of knickers; pair of panties; pair of pants; pair of shorts; pair of underpants; trunks) | calzoncillos | |
short‐sighted (near‐sighted; myopic) | miope | |
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| short | ⇆ al descubierto; ⇆ bajo; ⇆ breve; ⇆ brevemente; ⇆ bruscamente; ⇆ brusco; ⇆ corto; ⇆ cortocircuito; ⇆ cortometraje; ⇆ poner en cortocircuito; ⇆ ponerse en cortocircuito; ⇆ seco; ⇆ sucinto |
| be short of | ⇆ estar escaso de |
| cut short | ⇆ chafar; ⇆ interrumpir; ⇆ terminar de repente |
| in a short time | ⇆ dentro de poco |
| in short | ⇆ en fin |
| make short work of | ⇆ abreviar con |
| run short of | ⇆ acabársele a |
| sell short | ⇆ vender al descubierto |
| short of breath | ⇆ corto de resuello |
| short ragweed | ⇆ estafiate; ⇆ altamisa; ⇆ amargosa; ⇆ artemisa; ⇆ artemisa de México; ⇆ artemisia; ⇆ marco de Perú; ⇆ santa María |
| short sale | ⇆ venta al descubierto |
| short story | ⇆ cuento |
| stop short | ⇆ parar de repente |
| shortage | ⇆ carestía; ⇆ escasez; ⇆ falta; ⇆ déficit; ⇆ substracción |
| short‐change | ⇆ no devolver la vuelta debida a |
| short‐circuit | ⇆ cortocircuito; ⇆ cortocircuitar; ⇆ cortocircuitarse |
| shortcoming | ⇆ defecto; ⇆ desperfecto; ⇆ falta |
| shortcut | ⇆ atajo; ⇆ remediavagos |
| shorten | ⇆ abreviar; ⇆ acortar; ⇆ acortarse; ⇆ abreviarse; ⇆ aligerar; ⇆ amainar |
| shorthand | ⇆ taquigrafía; ⇆ taquigráfico |
| short‐lived | ⇆ de breve vida; ⇆ de breve duración |
| short‐range | ⇆ de poco alcance |
| shorts | ⇆ calzones cortos; ⇆ calzoncillos |
| short‐sighted | ⇆ miope; ⇆ falto de perspicacia |
| shortstop | ⇆ medio; ⇆ guardabosque; ⇆ torpedero |
| short‐tempered | ⇆ de mal genio |
| short‐term | ⇆ a corto plazo |