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• General-American: [ʃɔɹʔ]
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• General-American: shôrt
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

433 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Albanian: i shkurtër — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Alviri-Vidari: کله (kole) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Arabic: قَصِير (qaṣīr) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Arabic: قصير (’uṣáyyar) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Arabic: قصير (gaṣīr) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Armenian: կարճ (karč) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Aromanian: shcurtu — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Assamese: চুটি (suti) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Assamese: চাপৰ (sapor) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Asturian: cortu — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Azerbaijani: qısa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Bashkir: ҡыҫҡа (qıśqa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Bashkir: тоҡор (toqor) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Belarusian: каро́ткі (karótki) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Bengali: কম (kom) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Central Bikol: halipot — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Bulgarian: къс (kǎs) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Bulgarian: кра́тък (krátǎk) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Burmese: တို (tui) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Carpathian Rusyn: коро́ткый (korótkŷj) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Catalan: curt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Cebuano: mubo — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Chamicuro: c̈hijtawa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Chechen: доца (doca) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎳᎢ (asqualai) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Chinese Cantonese: 短 (dyun2) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Chinese: дуан (duan) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Eastern Min Chinese: 短 (doi) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Chinese Mandarin: 短 (duǎn) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• East Circassian: кӏэщӏ (kʼɛśʼ) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• East Circassian: кӏагуэ (kʼagwɛ) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• West Circassian: кӏако (kʼakwo) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Crimean Tatar: qısqa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Czech: krátký — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Dalmatian: cort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Danish: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Dutch: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Erzya: нурька (nuŕka) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Erzya: нурькине (nuŕkine) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Esperanto: mallonga — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Estonian: lühike — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Even: урумкун (urumkun) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Evenki: урумкун (urumkun) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Faroese: stuttur — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Finnish: lyhyt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• French: court — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Friulian: curt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Gagauz: gücük — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Gagauz: cıba — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Galician: curto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Georgian: მოკლე (moḳle) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• German: kurz — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Greek: σύντομος (sýntomos) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Greek: κοντός (kontós) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ancient Greek: βραχύς (brakhús) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Paraguayan Guarani: mbyky — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hausa: gajere — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hawaiian: pōkole — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hebrew: קָצָר (katsár) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Higaonon: mababa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hindi: कम (kam) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hindi: नाटा (nāṭā) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hindi: छोटा (choṭā) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hungarian: rövid — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Hungarian: kurta — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Icelandic: stuttur — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ido: kurta — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ingrian: lyhyt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Irish: gearr — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Irish: gairid — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Middle Irish: gerr — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Italian: corto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Japanese: 短い (mijikai) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Javanese: cendhèk — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Javanese: cekak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Old Javanese: paṇḍak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Kaitag: кутӏ (kuṭ) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Kapampangan: makuyad — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Kashubian: krótczi — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Kazakh: қысқа (qysqa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Khmer: ខ្លី (khləy) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Komi-Zyrian: дженьыд (džeńyd) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Korean: 짧다 (jjalda) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Korean: 짧은 (jjalbeun) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Northern Kurdish: kurt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Kyrgyz: кыска (kıska) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ladino: kurto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lao: ສັ້ນ (san) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Latgalian: eiss — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Latin: brevis — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Latin: curtus — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Latvian: īss — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Laz: მკულე (mǩule) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lingala: kuse — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lingala: mokuse — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lithuanian: trumpas — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Livonian: līti — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lombard: cùrt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Macedonian: краток (kratok) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Macedonian: кус (kus) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Malay: pendek — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Brunei Malay: buntak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Brunei Malay: pindik — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Malayalam: ചെറിയ (ceṟiya) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Maltese: qasir — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Manchu: ᡶᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ (foholon) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: mevava' — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Mansaka: pandak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Māori: tukutata — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Māori: poto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Māori: popoto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Māori: pōtehetehe — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Māori: pātehetehe — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Eastern Mari: кӱчык (küčyk) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Western Mari: кӹтӹк (kÿtÿk) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Middle English: schort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Minangkabau: singkek — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Mingrelian: კუნტა (ḳunṭa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Moksha: нюрьхкяня (ńuŕxkänä) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Mongolian: богино (bogino) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Mongolian: ахар (axar) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Nanai: хурми (hurmi) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Neapolitan: curto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Norwegian Bokmål: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Occitan: cort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Church Slavic: кратъкъ (kratŭkŭ) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Old English: sċort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Oromo: gabaabaa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Papiamentu: kòrtiku — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Pashto: لنډ (lanḍ) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Persian: کوتاه (kutâh) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Phuthi: fuphi — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Polish: krótki — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Portuguese: curto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Romanian: scurt — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Russian: коро́ткий (korótkij) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Sanskrit: ह्रस्व (hrasva) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Scottish Gaelic: goirid — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Serbo-Croatian: кра̀так — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Serbo-Croatian: kràtak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Sicilian: curtu — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Slovak: krátky — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Slovene: kratek — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Somali: gaaban — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Lower Sorbian: krotki — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Upper Sorbian: krótki — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Spanish: corto — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Sundanese: pondok — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Svan: მეკუ̂შდე (meḳûšde) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Swahili: -fupi — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Swazi: físha — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Swazi: fishane — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Swedish: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Tajik: кӯтоҳ (kütoh) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Tarantino: corte — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Tarifit: aquḍaḍ — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Tatar: кыска (qısqa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Tetum: badak — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Thai: สั้น (sân) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Turkish: kısa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصه (kısa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ottoman Turkish: كوتاه (kûtah) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Turkmen: gysga — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Udmurt: вакчи (vakći) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ukrainian: коро́ткий (korótkyj) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): adahka — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Urdu: چھوٹا (choṭā) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Urdu: کوتاہ (kutāh) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Uyghur: قىسقا (qisqa) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Uzbek: qisqa — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Vietnamese: ngắn — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Volapük: brefik — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Walloon: court — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Welsh: byr — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Welsh: ber — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Welsh: byrion — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Yakut: кылгас (kïlgas) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Yiddish: קורץ (kurts) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zazaki: kılm (diq) — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zealandic: kort — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zhuang: dinj — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zhuang: gud — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zhuang: gvwd — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zhuang: ngaed — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zulu: fuphi — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Zulu: fushane — having a small distance between ends or edges
• Amharic: አጭር (ʾäč̣r) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Armenian: ցածրահասակ (cʻacrahasak) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Armenian: կարճահասակ (karčahasak) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Armenian: կոլոտ (kolot) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Assamese: চাপৰ (sapor) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Assamese: চুটি-চাপৰ (suti-sapor) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Azerbaijani: qısa — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Belarusian: ні́зкі (nízki) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Central Bikol: hababa — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Bulgarian: ни́сък (nísǎk) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Burmese: ပု (pu.) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Burmese: နိမ့် (nim.) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Catalan: baix — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Chamicuro: na'yechoma — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Chinese Cantonese: 矮 (ai2) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Chinese Mandarin: 矮 (ǎi) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Czech: malý — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Danish: lav — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Dutch: klein — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Esperanto: malalta — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Estonian: lühike — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Faroese: lágur — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Faroese: lágvaksin — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Faroese: stuttur — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Finnish: lyhyt — of a person, of comparatively small height
• French: petit — of a person, of comparatively small height
• French: bref — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Galician: baixo — of a person, of comparatively small height
• German: klein — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Greek: κοντός (kontós) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Paraguayan Guarani: karape — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Hebrew: נָמוּךְ (namúch) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Hungarian: alacsony — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Icelandic: lágur — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Icelandic: lágvaxinn — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Icelandic: stuttur — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Icelandic: stuttvaxinn — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ingrian: lyhyt — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ingrian: matalain — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Irish: beag — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Middle Irish: berr — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Italian: piccolo — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Italian: basso — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Italian: cartuccia — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Italian: mezzacartuccia — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Italian: corto — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Japanese: 低い (hikui) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Japanese: 小柄 (kogara) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Jarawa: učəhə — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Kabuverdianu: baxu — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Kabuverdianu: bóxe — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Khmer: ទាប (tiep) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Korean: 작다 (jakda) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ladino: kurto — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ladino: bashitiko — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Latgalian: eiss — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Latin: humilis — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Latvian: īss — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Lithuanian: žẽmas — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Lithuanian: žemà — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Macedonian: низок (nizok) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Malay: pendek — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Brunei Malay: buntak — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Brunei Malay: pindik — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Brunei Malay: randah — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Malayalam: കുറിയ (kuṟiya) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Malayalam: ചെറിയ (ceṟiya) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Māori: takupū — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Māori: kanepoto — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Mongolian: намхан (namxan) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Persian: کوتاه (kutâh) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Persian: قد کوتاه (qad-kutâh) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Persian: کوتوله (kutule) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Polish: niski — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Portuguese: baixo — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Rapa Nui: poto — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Romanian: scund — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Russian: невысо́кий (nevysókij) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Scottish Gaelic: beag — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Slovak: nízky — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Slovene: majhen — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Slovene: majhna — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: bajo — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: petiso — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: chato — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: pishirico — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: patato — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: zaparruco — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Spanish: canijo — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Swahili: -fupi — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Swedish: kort — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Tajik: паст — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Tamil: குள்ளமான (kuḷḷamāṉa) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Tatar: тәбәнәк (täbänäk) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Thai: เตี้ย (dtîia) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Turkish: kısa — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Ukrainian: ни́зький (nýzʹkyj) — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Vietnamese: thấp — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Vietnamese: lùn — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Welsh: byr — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Yaghnobi: паст — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Zhuang: daemq — of a person, of comparatively small height
• Amharic: አጭር (ʾäč̣r) — having little duration
• Arabic: قَصِير (qaṣīr) — having little duration
• Armenian: կարճ (karč) — having little duration
• Assamese: চুটি (suti) — having little duration
• Assamese: চমু (somu) — having little duration
• Bulgarian: кра́тък (krátǎk) — having little duration
• Burmese: တို (tui) — having little duration
• Chinese Cantonese: 短 (dyun2) — having little duration
• Chinese: дуан (duan) — having little duration
• Chinese: җеё (jiəio) — having little duration
• Chinese Mandarin: 短 (duǎn) — having little duration
• Maore Comorian: -kutri — having little duration
• Czech: krátký — having little duration
• Danish: kort — having little duration
• Dutch: kort — having little duration
• Finnish: lyhyt — having little duration
• French: court — having little duration
• French: bref — having little duration
• Galician: curto — having little duration
• German: kurz — having little duration
• Ancient Greek: βραχύς (brakhús) — having little duration
• Hungarian: rövid — having little duration
• Ingrian: lyhyt — having little duration
• Interlingua: breve — having little duration
• Irish: gearr — having little duration
• Irish: gairid — having little duration
• Italian: corto — having little duration
• Japanese: 短い (mijikai) — having little duration
• Javanese: cekak — having little duration
• Korean: 짧다 (jjalda) — having little duration
• Latin: brevis — having little duration
• Latvian: īss — having little duration
• Lithuanian: trum̃pas — having little duration
• Lithuanian: trumpà — having little duration
• Macedonian: краток (kratok) — having little duration
• Macedonian: кус (kus) — having little duration
• Malay: pendek — having little duration
• Malay: singkat — having little duration
• Brunei Malay: pindik — having little duration
• Brunei Malay: singkat — having little duration
• Brunei Malay: sekajap — having little duration
• Māori: uriuri — having little duration
• Māori: turu — having little duration
• Persian: کوتاه (kutâh) — having little duration
• Polish: krótki — having little duration
• Portuguese: curto — having little duration
• Portuguese: breve — having little duration
• Romanian: scurt — having little duration
• Russian: коро́ткий (korótkij) — having little duration
• Scottish Gaelic: goirid — having little duration
• Spanish: corto — having little duration
• Swedish: kort — having little duration
• Walloon: court — having little duration
• Armenian: կրճատ (krčat) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Bulgarian: съкрате́но (sǎkraténo) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Czech: zkrácený — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Danish: kort — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Dutch: kort (voor) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Dutch: afkorting — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Finnish: lyhennys — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Finnish: lyhyt muoto — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• German: kurz (für) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Indonesian: kependekan (dari) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Italian: abbreviazione — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Japanese: 略語 (ryakugo) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Northern Kurdish: kurtî — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Portuguese: abreviação (de) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Romanian: prescurtare — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Romanian: abreviere — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Russian: кра́ткий (krátkij) — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Swedish: kort — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Swedish: förkortning — constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
• Esperanto: kurta — golf: falling short of the green or the hole
• Finnish: lyhyt — golf: falling short of the green or the hole
• Finnish: muro- — of pastries: brittle, crumbly
• Finnish: lyhyt — abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant
• Finnish: niukka — limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty
• Irish: tearc — limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty
• Finnish: vajaa — insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
• Finnish: puutteellinen — insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
• Finnish: vähäinen — insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
• Finnish: vähä — insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
• Finnish: vähän — insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
• Finnish: vajaa — deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard
• Finnish: puutteellinen — deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard
• Finnish: vähempi — deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard
• Finnish: epätyydyttävä — deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard
• Finnish: raaka — undiluted; neat
• Finnish: pelkkä — undiluted; neat
• Dutch: binnenkort — not distant in time; near at hand
• Finnish: pikainen — not distant in time; near at hand
• Finnish: pian — not distant in time; near at hand
• Finnish: lyhyt — being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices
• Swedish: kort — being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices
• Bulgarian: рязко (rjazko) — abruptly, briefly
• Bulgarian: внезапно (vnezapno) — abruptly, briefly
• Esperanto: subite — abruptly, briefly
• Finnish: äkkiä — abruptly, briefly
• Finnish: lyhyeen — abruptly, briefly
• Finnish: keskeyttää — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: di colpo — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: all'improvviso — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: improvvisamente — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: inaspettatamente — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: drasticamente — abruptly, briefly
• Italian: repentinamente — abruptly, briefly
• Finnish: valmistautumattomana — unawares — see also unawares
• Finnish: valmistautumattomina — unawares — see also unawares
• Finnish: yllättää — unawares — see also unawares
• Finnish: olla huonompi kuin — without achieving a goal or requirement
• Finnish: lyhyt — finance: with a negative ownership position
• Finnish: lyhennelmä — summary account
• Bulgarian: дефицитен (deficiten) — deficient in
• Finnish: puuttua — deficient in
• Czech: zkratovat — to cause a short circuit
• Danish: kortslutte — to cause a short circuit
• Estonian: lühistama — to cause a short circuit
• Finnish: oikosulkea — to cause a short circuit
• Finnish: aiheuttaa oikosulku — to cause a short circuit
• French: court-circuiter — to cause a short circuit
• German: kurzschließen — to cause a short circuit
• Japanese: 短絡する (tanraku suru) — to cause a short circuit
• Portuguese: curto-circuitar — to cause a short circuit
• Russian: закорачивать (zakoračivatʹ) — to cause a short circuit
• Russian: закоротить (zakorotitʹ) — to cause a short circuit
• Russian: замыкать (zamykatʹ) — to cause a short circuit
• Russian: замкнуть (zamknutʹ) — to cause a short circuit
• Swedish: kortsluta — to cause a short circuit
• Czech: zkratovat se — intransitive: to short circuit
• Estonian: lühistuma — intransitive: to short circuit
• Finnish: mennä oikosulkuun — intransitive: to short circuit
• Hungarian: rövidre zár — intransitive: to short circuit
• Portuguese: curto-circuitar — intransitive: to short circuit
• Swedish: kortsluta — intransitive: to short circuit
• Hungarian: megrövidít — to provide with smaller than agreed quantity
• Macedonian: ускратува (uskratuva) — to provide with smaller than agreed quantity
• Macedonian: крати (krati) — to provide with smaller than agreed quantity
• Macedonian: кине (kine) — to provide with smaller than agreed quantity
• Finnish: myydä lyhyeksi — business: to sell something one does not own at the moment
• Finnish: shortata — business: to sell something one does not own at the moment
• Swedish: blanka — business: to sell something one does not own at the moment