Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| short adj. adv. | breve m./f. | ||||||
| short adj. adv. | brevemente | ||||||
| short adj. adv. | corto, corta | ||||||
| short adj. - of a person | bajo, baja | ||||||
| short adj. - of a person | chico, chica | ||||||
| short adj. - of a person | chiquillo, chiquilla | ||||||
| short adj. - of a person | pequeño, pequeña | ||||||
| short adj. - of a person | canijo, canija - pequeño, bajo | ||||||
| short adj. | justo, justa | ||||||
| short adj. | escaso, escasa | ||||||
| short adj. | escueto, escueta | ||||||
| short adj. | por poco | ||||||
| short-haul adj. | de cercanías | ||||||
| short-beaked adj. | piquicorto, piquicorta | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| short (film) [CINE.] | el corto [coll.] | ||||||
| short (film) [CINE.] | el cortometraje | ||||||
| short-circuiting | el cortocircuito | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) | las finalistas f. pl. | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) | los finalistas m. pl. | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) | los preseleccionados m. pl. | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) | las preselecciones f. pl. | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) | lista corta | ||||||
| short-termism | el cortoplacismo | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) - men or women | lista de candidatos (preseleccionados) | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) - men or women | lista de (candidatos) preseleccionados | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) - women | lista de candidatas (preseleccionadas) | ||||||
| short-list (or: shortlist) - women | lista de (candidatas) preseleccionadas | ||||||
| shorts used with pl. verb - short trousers | los shorts m. pl. English | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to short-list (or: shortlist) so. (or: sth.) | shortlisted, shortlisted | | preseleccionar | ||||||
| to shortchange (or: short-change) so. | shortchanged, shortchanged | | engañar a alguien | ||||||
| to shortchange (or: short-change) so. | shortchanged, shortchanged | | exprimir a alguien [fig.] | ||||||
| to run short | disminuirse | ||||||
| to be short of sth. | tener escasez de algo | ||||||
| to be short of sth. | tener poco de algo | ||||||
| to come up short | quedarse corto(-a) | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| short and sweet | Lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno. | ||||||
| in short | en conclusión | ||||||
| in short | en pocas palabras | ||||||
| in short | en resumen | ||||||
| in short | en resumidas cuentas | ||||||
| in short | total, que | ||||||
| long story short | en pocas palabras | ||||||
| long story short | en resumen | ||||||
| long story short | para abreviar | ||||||
| long story short | resumiendo | ||||||
| the long and short of it | en resumen | ||||||
| the long and short of it | en síntesis | ||||||
| to cut a long story short | en conclusión | ||||||
| to cut a long story short | en pocas palabras | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He's a short guy, but very friendly. | Es un chico bajo, pero muy amable. | ||||||
| He explained the situation short and clear. | Explicó la situación brevemente. | ||||||
| He has a short attention span. | Él tiene una concentración pequeña. | ||||||
| He is quite short for his age. | Él es bastante bajo para su edad. | ||||||
| He took a short rest before continuing his journey. | Se tomó un corto descanso antes de continuar su viaje. | ||||||
| I will give you a short explanation. | Te daré una breve explicación. | ||||||
| Last time I saw you, your hair was very short. | La última vez que te vi tenías el pelo muy corto. | ||||||
| The meeting was short but productive. | La reunión fue corta pero productiva. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| horst, shirt, shoat, shoot, Shoot, shore, shorts, shorty, shot, shote, shout, skort, snort, sort, sport | horst, sport |
Related search terms | |
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| slight, scant, mini, scarce, little, slender, concise, clipped, toy, small, succinct, skimpy, petite, low | |
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