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recorte

cut; cutback

noun reh-KOHR-teh Less Common
People & Society Politics

Also means

clipping

Usage Note

Recorte in economic and political discourse almost always means a budget cut or reduction in spending (recortes sanitarios, healthcare cuts). In everyday use it can mean a clipping from a newspaper or a piece cut from cloth. The plural recortes is the dominant form in political news. Derived from recortar (to cut back / to trim).

Examples

"Los recortes afectaron a la sanidad pública."

Natural Translation

The cuts affected public healthcare.

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