echar la tijera: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 1.

    All Spanish-speaking regionsneutral
    • To cut something with scissors or shears; to make a cut using a cutting instrument.

    Examples

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    • Por favor, echa la tijera y recorta el papel siguiendo la línea punteada.

      Please take the scissors and cut the paper along the dotted line.

    • Cuando terminé de coser el vestido, eché la tijera para cortar los hilos sobrantes.

      When I finished sewing the dress, I used the scissors to cut the excess threads.

    • ¿Puedes echar la tijera en el cartón? Necesito que quede del tamaño exacto para la caja.

      Can you cut the cardboard? I need it to be the exact size for the box.

    • No eches la tijera todavía; primero asegúrate de medir bien la tela.

      Don't cut yet; first make sure to measure the fabric well.

  • 2.

    SpainLatin Americacolloquial
    • To make reductions or cuts, especially to budgets, wages, or resources; to slash or pare down (figurative usage derived from the idea of cutting with scissors).

    Examples

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    • El gobierno tuvo que echar la tijera al presupuesto debido a la crisis económica.

      The government had to make cuts to the budget due to the economic crisis.

    • Para equilibrar las finanzas, la empresa echó la tijera en los salarios de los empleados temporales.

      To balance the finances, the company slashed wages of temporary employees.

    • Si seguimos echando la tijera en recursos esenciales, el proyecto no podrá continuar.

      If we keep making cuts to essential resources, the project won't be able to continue.

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