reduce

reduce
rə'dju:s
verb
1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) reducir
2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) adelgazar, perder peso
3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) reducir (a)
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- reduction
reduce vb
1. reducir / disminuir
reduce your speed disminuya la velocidad
2. rebajar
they've reduced the price of salt han rebajado el precio de la sal
El gerundio de reduce se escribe reducing
reduce
tr[rɪ'djʊːs]
transitive verb
1 (gen) reducir, disminuir
■ they're going to reduce the staff van a reducir la plantilla
■ the house was reduced to ashes la casa se redujo a cenizas
2 (price etc) rebajar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
'Reduce speed now' "Disminuya la velocidad"
to be reduced to doing something no tener más remedio que hacer algo, verse obligado,-a a hacer algo
■ he was reduced to begging se vio obligado a pedir limosna
to be reduced to something verse sumido,-a en algo
■ the country was reduced to poverty el país se vio sumido en la pobreza
to reduce somebody to tears hacer llorar a alguien
reduce [ri'du:s, -'dju:s] v, -duced ; -ducing vt
1) lessen: reducir, disminuir, rebajar (precios)
2) demote: bajar de categoría, degradar
3)
to be reduced to : verse rebajado a, verse forzado a
4)
to reduce someone to tears : hacer llorar a alguien
reduce vi
slim: adelgazar
reduce
v.
• abreviar v.
• achicar v.
• acortar v.
• adelgazar v.
• apocar v.
• bajar de peso v.
• cercenar v.
• ceñir v.
• deshinchar v.
• disminuir v.
• estrechar v.
• limitar v.
• moderar v.
• rebajar v.
• reducir v.
rɪ'duːs, rɪ'djuːs
transitive verb
1)
a) \<\<number/amount\>\> reducir*; \<\<tension/pressure/speed\>\> disminuir*, reducir*; \<\<price/taxes/rent\>\> reducir*, rebajar; \<\<goods\>\> rebajar; \<\<pain\>\> aliviar
b) \<\<photograph/image\>\> reducir*
2)
a) (break down, simplify)

to reduce something TO something — reducir* algo a algo

b) (Math) simplificar*
3) (bring to undesirable state)

to reduce something/somebody TO something — (often pass)

their policies have reduced the country to poverty — sus políticas han sumido al país en la pobreza

they reduced the city to ruins — dejaron la ciudad en ruinas

they were reduced to begging — se vieron obligados a mendigar

to reduce somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien

[rɪ'djuːs]
1. VT
1) (=decrease) [+ number, costs, expenditure, inflation] reducir; [+ price] rebajar; (Ind) [+ output] reducir, recortar; [+ speed, heat, visibility] disminuir; [+ temperature] bajar; [+ stress, tension] reducir, disminuir; [+ pain] aliviar

it reduces the risk of heart disease (by 20%) — disminuye el riesgo de enfermedades cardíacas (en un 20%)

reduce speed now — disminuya la velocidad

2) (=cut price of) [+ goods] rebajar
3) (=make smaller) [+ drawing] reducir; (Med) [+ swelling] bajar; (Culin) [+ sauce] reducir
4) (=bring to specified state)

to reduce sb to despair — llevar a algn a la desesperación

to reduce sb to tears — hacer llorar a algn

to be reduced to penury — estar sumido en la miseria

to reduce sth to ashes/rubble — reducir algo a cenizas/escombros

to reduce sb to silence — hacer callar a algn

we were reduced to begging on the streets — nos vimos obligados a mendigar por las calles

minimum
5) (=capture, subjugate) tomar, conquistar
6) (Mil) (=demote) degradar

to reduce sb to the ranks — degradar a algn a soldado raso

7) (=simplify) reducir

to reduce an argument to its simplest form — reducir un argumento a su esencia

8) (Math) [+ equation, expression] reducir
9) (Chem) reducir
2. VI
1) (=decrease) reducirse, disminuir
2) (Culin) espesarse
3) (=slim) adelgazar
* * *
[rɪ'duːs, rɪ'djuːs]
transitive verb
1)
a) \<\<number/amount\>\> reducir*; \<\<tension/pressure/speed\>\> disminuir*, reducir*; \<\<price/taxes/rent\>\> reducir*, rebajar; \<\<goods\>\> rebajar; \<\<pain\>\> aliviar
b) \<\<photograph/image\>\> reducir*
2)
a) (break down, simplify)

to reduce something TO something — reducir* algo a algo

b) (Math) simplificar*
3) (bring to undesirable state)

to reduce something/somebody TO something — (often pass)

their policies have reduced the country to poverty — sus políticas han sumido al país en la pobreza

they reduced the city to ruins — dejaron la ciudad en ruinas

they were reduced to begging — se vieron obligados a mendigar

to reduce somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien


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