short in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for short in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.short <shorter shortest> [Am ʃɔrt, Brit ʃɔːt] ADJ

2.1. short (brief):

a short time ago
a short while ago
a short while ago
in just a few short years
to have a short memory
we call him Rob for short
short and sweet her visit was short and sweet

4. short (inadequate, deficient):

short
to be in short supply
time is getting short
time is getting short
I'm a bit short just now
(to be) short of sth/sb we're very short of time
(to be) short of sth/sb we're very short of time
do you get short of breath?
to be short on sth inf he's a bit short on brains

II.short [Am ʃɔrt, Brit ʃɔːt] ADV

1. short (suddenly, abruptly):

he cut me short
he cut me short
to be caught or Brit also taken short inf I was caught short at the station

2. short (below target, requirement):

where they fall short is
to fall short of sth we fell short of our target
to go short (of sth) we never went short of food

III.short [Am ʃɔrt, Brit ʃɔːt] N

4.2. short <shorts, pl > (men's underwear):

short Am

IV.short [Am ʃɔrt, Brit ʃɔːt] VB intr ELEC

V.short [Am ʃɔrt, Brit ʃɔːt] VB trans

See also sell

I.sell <pt & pp sold> [Am sɛl, Brit sɛl] VB trans

II.sell <pt & pp sold> [Am sɛl, Brit sɛl] VB intr

III.sell [Am sɛl, Brit sɛl] N

short-handed [Am ˌʃɔrtˈhændəd, Brit] ADJ

short-haired [Am ˌʃɔrtˈhɛrd, Brit ʃɔːtˈhɛːd] ADJ

short-stay [Am ˌʃɔrtˈsteɪ, Brit] ADJ attr Brit

short-range [Am ˈʃɔrt ˈˌreɪndʒ, Brit] ADJ

short-staffed [Am, Brit ʃɔːtˈstɑːft] ADJ

short-sleeved [Am ˌʃɔrtˈslivd, Brit ˌʃɔːtˈsliːvd] ADJ

short-lived [Am ˌʃɔrtˈlɪvd, Brit ʃɔːtˈlɪvd] ADJ

I.short list [Am ˈʃɔrt ˌlɪst, Brit ˈʃɔːtlɪst] N

short in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for short in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.short [ʃɔ:t, Am ʃɔ:rt] ADJ

II.short [ʃɔ:t, Am ʃɔ:rt] N

III.short [ʃɔ:t, Am ʃɔ:rt] ADV

short-change [ˌʃɔ:tˈtʃeɪndʒ, Am ˌʃɔ:rtˈ-] VB trans

short-dated [ˌʃɔ:tˈdeɪtɪd, Am ˌʃɔ:rtˈdeɪt̬ɪd] ADJ

short-haul [ˈʃɔ:thɔ:l, Am ˈʃɔ:rthɑ:l] ADJ

short Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it takes a long/short time
in a short space of time
in the short/long term
to play a long/short set
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
These types are designed for reliability, and, in case of failure, to fail safely (open-, rather than short-circuit).
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In short, the purpose of espionage is to gather knowledge about (an) organization(s).
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His short stories were known for their harsh description of nature based on his experience of exile in Siberia.
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In other words, below-the-line sales promotion is an immediate or delayed incentive to purchase, expressed in cash or in kind, and having only a short term or temporary duration.
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Working memory capacity allows for the retention and manipulation of information for short periods of time.
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These are foreshortened compared to related species so its face was probably short and stubby.
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This may also free up short supplies of summer time water for other beneficial uses.
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They then go out and recruit for the position and provide us with a short-list of three potential candidates for us to consider.
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At first the vet thought he was a pigmy hedgehog which are quite common -- they have a short nose and just four toes.
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The policy of tenement demolition is now considered to have been short-sighted, wasteful and largely unsuccessful.
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