verb/akoɾˈtaɾ/
to shorten; to cut short, curtail; to shorten (to become shorter)
Etymology tree Spanish a- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder. Proto-Italic *kortos Latin curtus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin curtāre Spanish cortar Spanish acortar From a- + cortar (“to cut”).