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reducir (conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo 1a) ‹gastos/costos› to cut, reduce;‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;◊ debería reducir el consumo de sal you should cut down on salt;reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth; reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sthb) ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce2a) (transformar):◊ reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams;quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashesb) (AmS) ‹objeto robado› to receive, fence (colloq)3 (dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpower reducirse verbo pronominal:◊ todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg (gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift 'reducir' also found in these entries: Spanish: bajar - ceniza - encaminada - encaminado - moler - disminuir - minimizar - mínimo - mira English: administrative - austerity - ax - axe - change down - corner - curtail - cut - cut back - cut down - decrease - deficit - deplenish - deplete - depress - downsize - effective - halve - lighten - lower - narrow down - prune - pulp - rate - receive - reduce - retrench - scale down - shorten - slow - wind down - bring - cost - deaden - decelerate - diminish - discount - get - lessen - loss - minimize - over - pare - scale - slacken - traffic - whittle - wind
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.