cercenasen
-they/you severed
Imperfecto de subjuntivo para el sujetoellos/ellas/ustedesdel verbocercenar.

cercenar

Cuando la patrona cortó la morcilla en rodajas, él tuvo buen cuidado de encogerse y no sacar la cabeza, atento a que no le cercenasen el cuello. Finalmente, vio una oportunidad y, tomando impulso, saltó al exterior.
When the hostess was cutting it in slices, he took care not to stretch out his head too far lest a bit of it should be cut off; at last he saw his opportunity, cleared a passage for himself, and jumped out.
Votamos a favor del punto 7 del informe ya que, en principio, coincidimos con la opinión del ponente de que sería lamentable que los gobiernos desarrollasen nuevos instrumentos de poder que cercenasen las facultades del Parlamento.
We voted in favour of paragraph 7 of the report because we agree in principle with the rapporteur' s view that it would be an unfortunate development if the governments were to go overboard in developing new instruments for exercising power that exclude the parliaments' influence.
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