verb/θeɾθeˈnaɾ/
to curtail, cut, sever, cut short
“Prosperidad muy aprisa, atropellándose unas a otras las felicidades, siempre fue sospechosa; porque suele la fortuna cercenar del tiempo lo que acumula del favor.” — Quick prosperity, with joyous moments tripping over each other, was always suspicious; because fortune tends to cut off from time what it accumulates from favor.
Synonyms: cortar, amputar
Related: cercenador, cercenadura, cercenamiento
Inherited from Latin circināre (“to make round”). Compare Portuguese cercear.