cortar
/koɾˈtaɾ/ · A2 · verb
to cut
✂️🔪 cortar → curt, curtail, short: all from Latin curtus, cut short
From Latin curtare, to shorten, from curtus (cut short). English curt and curtail share the root, and short is a distant cousin. To cortar something is to curtail it: make it shorter with a blade.