cancelar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• terminate verb To bring something to an end.

Senses

cancelar is used for these senses in English:

• abort (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
• call off (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
• cancel (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
• cancel (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

abort — full definition

1. verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
2. verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

cancel — full definition

1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
2. verb To make something officially invalid.
3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

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