ellos cortan

cut

→ cortar
cort cut + an they/you all present
verb · third plural · present indicative Rare #23,946
cut Third-person plural (they/you all) present tense of “cortar”.
SP: Ellos cortan el pan con un cuchillo.
EN: They cut the bread with a knife.
Conjugation of cortar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First corto cortamos
Second cortas —
Third corta cortan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First corto cortamos
Second cortes —
Third corta cortan

Si les pido dos, me cortan la cabeza, y juegan a fútbol con ella.

If I ask them for two, they cut off my head and play football with it.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Las tijeras no cortan nada.

The scissors don't cut anything.

Estas tijeras cortan bien.

These scissors cut well.

Fito es quien elige los cuerpos que los tres cortan a escondidas.

Fito is the one who chooses the bodies that the three of them secretly cut up.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Cuando no paga, lo cortan.

When he doesn't pay, they cut him off.

Se me cortan los labios.

My lips are chapped.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Las tijeras cortan el papel.

Scissors cut paper.

Las que llevan una soga al cuello y las que la cortan.

Those who wear a rope around their neck and those who cut it.

— El bueno, el feo y el malo (1966)

Y ahora les cortan el cuello.

And now they slit their throats.

— El hundimiento (2004)

Cortan la electricidad.

They cut off the electricity.

— La gran juerga (1966)

Todas las rutas en Daejeon se cortan.

All routes in Daejeon are cut off.

— Train to Busan (2016)

Estas tijeras no cortan bien.

These scissors don't cut well.

Te cortan las pelotas directamente.

They cut your balls off outright.

— El prisionero de las montañas (1996)