English-Portuguese translations for curtail

• derrabar
• encurtar
  Devo salientar que metade daqueles que estão agora a aplaudir votaram a favor de encurtar o período de debate.I have to point out that half of those applauding voted to curtail the debate.
  Se necessário, teremos de encurtar o tempo de palavra amanhã ou, pelo menos, respeitá-lo estritamente, a fim de podermos começar a votar às 11h30. If necessary, we will have to curtail the speaking times tomorrow or keep strictly to them, so as to be able to start voting at 11.30 a.m.

Definition of curtail

• To cut short the tail of an animal
• To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate
• To limit or restrict, keep in check
• A scroll termination, as of a step, etc

Examples

• Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
• When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

Related words

• curtailing
• curtailed
• curtailment