Reducir (en. Reduce)

/reˈðuθiɾ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Make something smaller in quantity, size, or intensity.

The goal is to reduce production costs.

El objetivo es reducir los costos de producción.

Reduce a text or document to its briefest form.

We need to reduce the report to one page.

Necesitamos reducir el informe a una página.

Decrease a level or degree.

We need to reduce the volume of the music.

Necesitamos reducir el volumen de la música.

From the Latin 'reducere', which means 'to bring back'.

reduce costs

Decrease expenses or investment.

reducir costos

reduce speed

Decrease the speed or pace of something.

reducir la velocidad

reduce the impact

Minimize the effectiveness or effect of something.

reducir el impacto

reduction

Action of decreasing something.

reducción

reducer

Element or factor that contributes to the reduction of something.

reductor

reducible

That can be decreased.

reducible

Remove something unnecessary

I'm going to reduce that nonsense from my life.

Voy a reducir esas tonterías de mi vida.

Make a drastic change

I need to reduce my friendships to the essentials.

Necesito reducir mis amistades a lo esencial.