reduce

Pronúncia: rɪˈdjuːs
    transitive verb
  1. also Mathematics etc. reduir (to a).
  2. disminuir, minvar.
  3. [price] rebaixar.
  4. [in rank] degradar.
  5. Military conquerir, sotmetre.
  6. to reduce an article by a quarter reduir un article a tres quartes parts.
  7. to reduce expenses reduir les despeses.
  8. to reduce speed reduir la velocitat.
  9. to reduce output alentir la producció.
  10. to the voltage abaixar la tensió.
  11. to reduce everything to simple terms expressar-ho tot planerament.
  12. to reduce something to ashes reduir una cosa a cendra.
  13. to reduce bribery to a system erigir la corrupció en sistema.
  14. clothes reduced to rags roba esparracada.
  15. to reduce someone to silence fer callar algú.
  16. this reduced him to silence això el va fer callar.
  17. we were reduced to begging in the streets ens vam veure constrets a captar pels carrers.
  18. to reduce someone to the level of beasts rebaixar algú al nivell de les bèsties.
    19. intransitive verb
  19. reduir-se, minvar.
  20. [slim] aprimar-se.