Spanish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From a- + cortar ( “ to cut ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /akoɾˈtaɾ/ [a.koɾˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧cor‧tar
acortar (first-person singular present acorto , first-person singular preterite acorté , past participle acortado )
( transitive ) to shorten
( transitive ) to cut short , curtail
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( reflexive ) to shorten ( to become shorter )
Conjugation [ edit ]
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of acortar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular
plural
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
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