short an order

17:25 Dec 19, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: short an order
In fulfilling an order, to leave out one or more items, or to send a lesser quantity of one or more items, than that specified in the order.
Alan Lambson
Local time: 13:59


Summary of answers provided
4 +1Achicar el pedido
Mara Marchano
3dejar un pedido incompleto
Pablo Cruz


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Achicar el pedido


Explanation:
It would be nice to have the complete sentence or context

Mara Marchano
Argentina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María del Carmen García
13 mins

neutral  Juan Jacob: "Achicar" no me parece lo más adecuado... ver definiciones en el DRAE. Preferiría "reducir", "recortar", "disminuir".
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dejar un pedido incompleto


Explanation:
me queda la duda de si con la intención de engañar, sí puede tener ese significado el verbo short al dar un cambio en una tienda, p. ej. En su caso sería -estafar al enviar un pedido-.
Espero que ayude


https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=sh...
short [sb]⇒ vtr US, informal (cheat, shortchange) estafar a vtr + prep
engañar a vtr + prep
My company shorted me two days' pay this month.


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Note added at 17 horas (2020-12-20 10:45:52 GMT)
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CORRECCIÓN

quería escribir

ENVIAR UN PEDIDO INCOMPLETO

Pablo Cruz
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 51
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