decrease

decrease
1. di'kri:s verb
(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) disminuir, reducir

2. 'di:kri:s noun
(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) disminución
decrease1 n disminución / reducción
a decrease in crime una disminución de la delincuencia
decrease2 vb disminuir
crime has decreased la delincuencia ha disminuido
El gerundio de decrease se escribe decreasing
decrease
tr[dɪ'kriːs]
noun
1 disminución nombre femenino, descenso
transitive verb
1 disminuir, reducir
intransitive verb
1 (amount, numbers, power, etc) disminuir, decrecer; (quality) disminuir, bajar; (interest) disminuir, decaer; (prices) bajar; (in knitting) menguar
■ the speed at which he was travelling decreased suddenly la velocidad a la que iba disminuyó de repente
decrease [di'kri:s] v, -creased ; -creasing vi
: decrecer, disminuir, bajar
decrease vt
: reducir, disminuir
decrease ['di:.kri:s] n
: disminución f, descenso m, bajada f
decrease
n.
• disminución s.f.
• mengua s.f.
• merma s.f.
v.
• decrecer v.
• desmedrar v.
• disminuir v.
• minorar v.
• reducir v.

I
1. dɪ'kriːs, 'diːkriːs
intransitive verb
a) (in quantity) \<\<amount/numbers\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<prices\>\> bajar; \<\<speed\>\> disminuir*
b) (in intensity) \<\<quality\>\> disminuir*, bajar; \<\<power/effectiveness\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<interest\>\> disminuir*, decaer*

2.
vt disminuir*, reducir*

II 'diːkriːs, dɪ'kriːs
count & mass noun disminución f, descenso m

crime is on the decrease — la delincuencia está disminuyendo

1.
N ['diːkriːs]
(gen) disminución f , reducción f ; (in wages) descenso m , bajada f ; (in prices) bajada f , disminución f

a decrease in speed/strength — una reducción de velocidad/fuerza

a decrease of 50% — una reducción del 50%

to be on the decrease — ir disminuyendo

2.
VT [diː'kriːs]
[+ quantity, pressure, dose, speed] disminuir, reducir; [+ wages] bajar, reducir
3. VI
[diː'kriːs]
1) [power, strength, popularity, temperature, pressure] disminuir; [enthusiasm, interest] disminuir, decaer

to decrease by 10% — bajar or disminuir un 10%

2) (Knitting) menguar
* * *

I
1. [dɪ'kriːs, 'diːkriːs]
intransitive verb
a) (in quantity) \<\<amount/numbers\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<prices\>\> bajar; \<\<speed\>\> disminuir*
b) (in intensity) \<\<quality\>\> disminuir*, bajar; \<\<power/effectiveness\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<interest\>\> disminuir*, decaer*

2.
vt disminuir*, reducir*

II ['diːkriːs, dɪ'kriːs]
count & mass noun disminución f, descenso m

crime is on the decrease — la delincuencia está disminuyendo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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