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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + corriente (“current”).
Noun
cortacorriente m (plural cortacorrientes)
- circuit breaker
2021 October 22, Arturo Rivera A., “¿Qué es un cortacorriente y cómo instalarlo en tu auto?”, in Milenio:Los cortacorriente son dispositivos que se utilizan desde hace mucho tiempo, sobre todo en vehículos que compiten en diversas categorías del deporte motor, su principal función es cancelar la corriente que va de la batería hacia el motor y así evitar que arranque y que tenga corriente para prevenir también algún incendio.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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