truncar — meaning in English

English meaning

• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• truncate verb To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

Senses

truncar is used for these senses in English:

• curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.

curtail — full definition

1. verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
2. verb To restrict a freedom, right or activity, limiting what someone is allowed to do.

truncate — full definition

1. verb To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
2. verb To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
3. verb To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

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