short1
UK: /ʃɔːt/ US: /ʃɔːrt/Translation
adj
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⇨ corto,ta
a short distance una distancia corta
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⇨ bajo,ja
My parents are short Mis padres son bajos
⇨ petiso,sa amér.
›The film was very short
La película duró muy poco
›I'm going on holidays for a short time
Me voy unos días de vacaciones
to be short for something We call him Joe, which is the short for Joseph
Se llama Joseph, pero le llamamos Joe para abreviar
to be short of sth
⇨ andar escaso,sa de algo
I'm a bit short of money Ando algo escaso de dinero
to be short with sb
⇨ ser seco,ca con alguien
(Definition of short adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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