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abridge books

  • 1 abridge books

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > abridge books

  • 2 to abridge books

    to abridge (to adapt, to revise, to review, to collect) books сокращать (адаптировать, исправлять/пересматривать, рецензировать перед новым изданием, собирать/коллекционировать) книги

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to abridge books

  • 3 abridge

    [əʹbrıdʒ] v
    1. сокращать

    to abridge books - сокращать книги; делать в книгах купюры

    2. уменьшать, убавлять; ограничивать; урезывать (права, привилегии и т. п.)

    to abridge smb.'s freedom - ограничивать чью-л. свободу

    modern transportation abridges distance - современные виды транспорта сокращают расстояния

    3. арх. (of, from, in) лишать (чего-л.)

    to abridge smb. of power - лишать кого-л. власти

    НБАРС > abridge

  • 4 abridge

    1. v сокращать

    to abridge books — сокращать книги; делать в книгах купюры

    2. v уменьшать, убавлять; ограничивать; урезывать
    3. v арх. лишать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. brief (verb) abbreviate; brief; crop; curtail; lop; shorten; truncate
    2. condense (verb) abstract; compress; condense; cut back; digest; epitomize; restrain; retrench; slash; summarize
    3. decrease (verb) contract; cut; decrease; diminish; lessen; limit; minify; reduce; restrict
    Антонимический ряд:
    enhance; expand

    English-Russian base dictionary > abridge

  • 5 abridge

    сокращать; усекать; замыкать

    to abridge books — сокращать книги; делать в книгах купюры

    English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > abridge

  • 6 abridge

    əˈbrɪdʒ гл.
    1) сокращать, уменьшать To make a greater quantity with the same capital;
    in other words, to abridge the labour. ≈ Достичь большего количества при том же объеме капитала, другими словами, сократить затраты труда. Syn: shorten
    2) уменьшать, убавлять;
    ограничивать;
    урезывать (права, привилегии и т. п.) He watched her night and day, abridged her pleasures, and confined her sway. ≈ Он следил за ней день и ночь, уменьшал количество развлечений и ограничивал ее власть.
    3) архаич. (of, from, in) лишать чего-л. The language, abridged of its native power, needed this transfusion of fresh blood. ≈ Языку, лишенному авторитета среди его носителей, был необходим этот "глоток свежего воздуха", этот "приток свежей крови". The legislative therefore cannot abridge the executive power of any rights which it now has by law, without it's own consent. ≈ Поэтому законодательная власть не может лишить исполнительную власть без ее на то согласия каких-либо прав, которые отныне принадлежат ей по закону.
    сокращать;
    - to * books сокращать книги;
    делать в книгах купюры;
    - this physics course is *d это сокращенный курс физики уменьшать, убавлять;
    ограничивать;
    урезывать права, привилегии и т. п.;
    - to * a visit сократить пребывание;
    - to * smb.'s freedom ограничивать чью-л. свободу;
    - modern transportation *s distance современные виды транспорта сокращают расстояния (устаревшее) лишать чего-л.;
    - to * smb. of power лишать кого-л. власти
    abridge лишать (чего-л.;
    of) ~ ограничивать, урезывать (права) ~ сокращать

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > abridge

  • 7 book

    I [bʊk] n
    1) книга, том, фолиант, книжечка, книжка, книжонка, альбом, учебник, тетрадь

    The book can be easily slipped into a small pocket. — Книжка легко входит в небольшой карман.

    His face was an open book. — У него на лице все написано, как на ладони.

    These articles were never published in book form. — Эти статьи никогда не выходили книгой.

    I will make you a present of this book. — Я вам дам эту книгу в подарок.

    A few pages of the book were missing. — Нескольких страниц в книге не хватало.

    How many copies of the book were printed? — Сколько экземпляров книги было напечатано? /Какой был тираж книги?

    - interesting book
    - amusing book
    - timely book
    - smb's favourite book
    - little book
    - bulky book
    - dirty book
    - immoral book
    - telephone book
    - cookery book
    - complaint book
    - good book
    - rare book
    - historical books
    - visitors' book
    - gilt-edged book
    - stamp book
    - name book
    - autograph book
    - learned books
    - ancient book
    - long book
    - incomplete book
    - useful book
    - wise book
    - elementary book
    - reliable book
    - juvenile book
    - fresh and unconventional book
    - dynamic book
    - readable book
    - second-hand books
    - mislaid books
    - sexy book
    - authoritative book
    - amazing book
    - dummy book
    - uncut book
    - unknown book
    - adventure books
    - geopraphy book
    - text book
    - school book
    - class book
    - desk book
    - instruction book
    - question-answer book
    - jest book
    - picture book
    - travel books
    - prayer book
    - pocket reference book
    - nonfiction books
    - childrens books
    - gift book
    - six-penny book
    - two volume book
    - Good Book
    - Red Book
    - Blue Book
    - reference book
    - guide book
    - hymn book
    - exercise book
    - pattern book
    - signal-book
    - catalogue book
    - seven-day book
    - Devil's book
    - inspiring book
    - forthcoming books
    - betting book
    - illustrated book
    - unwritten book
    - well bound book
    - stitched book
    - book cover
    - book jacket
    - book readers
    - book store
    - book club
    - book stand
    - book size
    - book page
    - book plate
    - book on art
    - book abou the history of this country
    - book about great inventions
    - book by Dickens
    - book bound in leather
    - book of stories
    - book of the oppera
    - book of fate
    - book of Nature
    - Book of Books
    - book of life
    - first Book on the Bible
    - book in English
    - book with prints
    - book for beginners
    - book in several volumes
    - book in folio
    - book of stamps
    - book of needles
    - closed book to smb
    - passage in a book
    - book devoted to the subject of sociology
    - bundle pile of books
    - title of the book
    - review of a book
    - set of four books
    - borrow books from a library
    - read books
    - return books to the library
    - bring new books out
    - consist made up of three books
    - prepare one's book for the press
    - be at one's books
    - sign the Visitors' book
    - write off the lost books
    - publish books
    - abridge books
    - lend out books
    - bind books
    - pack up books
    - renew books
    - skim the book
    - thumb the book
    - set up a book
    - talk books
    - misplace a book
    - belittle the book
    - devote a book to the subject
    - introduce the book to the public
    - translate the book from German into English
    - read a book from cover to cover
    - work these facts into the book
    - take down a book from the shelf
    - arrange books in the alphabetical order
    - make books into bundles
    - put the book face downwards
    - spoil a book by pencil marks
    - put the book into the catalogue
    - swear on the Bible
    - speak by the book
    - book is in print
    - book is out of print
    - book is on sale
    - book is sold out
    - book sells well
    - book was favourably noticed
    - book begins with a description of...
    - book is fairly readable
    - book is badly torn
    2) (только множественное число) бухгалтерская книга, конторская книга, реестр, книга записи приходов и расходов

    The books show a slight loss. — Финансовые документы показывают небольшие потери/убытки.

    He kept books for our business. — Он вел бухгалтерию в нашем предприятии.

    - cheque book
    - account book
    - company books
    - firm's book profit
    - keep the books of the firm
    - examine the books
    - do the book
    - make false entries in the company's books
    •
    CHOICE OF WORDS:
    (1.) Русское слово "учебник" может иметь разные английские эквиваленты в зависимости от помещенного в них материалы. Наиболее общее слово - textbook - учебник по какому-либо предмету; refference book - справочник, свод правил, знаний в какой-либо области: grammar reference book учебник по грамматике; handbook/deskbook - справочник (который всегда находится под рукой), настольная книга/учебник; manual - инструкция-учебник, например, по сборке телевизора, по установке и эксплуатации стиральной машины: operating manual инструкция по эксплуатации, assembly manual инструкция по сборке; insfallation manual инструкция по установке. (2.) Форма множественного числа books - может называть сборник материалов/документов по учёту, чаще всего финансов: to enter amth in the books записывать что-либо в бухгалтерскую книгу; to be on the books числиться в документах/в архивах; to keep books вести бухгалтерский учет
    II [bʊk] v
    заказывать, брать заранее

    Train tickets must be booked two days in advance. — Железнодорожные билеты надо заказывать за два дня

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > book

  • 8 делать в книгах купюры

    General subject: abridge books

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > делать в книгах купюры

  • 9 сокращать книги

    General subject: abridge books

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сокращать книги

  • 10 reducir

    v.
    1 to reduce.
    nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut
    reducir algo a algo to reduce something to something
    reducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of something
    Ella redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.
    2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).
    3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).
    4 to set (medicine).
    5 to shorten, to shrink.
    Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.
    6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.
    Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.
    7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.
    Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.
    8 to hydrogenate.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir
    1 (gen) to reduce
    2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on
    3 (vencer) to subdue
    4 MEDICINA to set
    5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down
    1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear
    1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease
    2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    1) to reduce, cut
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=disminuir)
    a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessen

    el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down

    el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%

    • reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

    tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

    • reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

    • reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

    • reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

    b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reduce

    han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

    c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten
    2)

    • reducir algo a algo —

    a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sth
    b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth
    3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm

    • reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

    • reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

    4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm
    5) (Quím) to reduce
    6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *
    2.
    VI (Aut) to change down
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

    reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

    le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

    reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

    b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce
    2)

    reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

    b) (Quím) to reduce
    c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)
    3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower
    4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
    2.
    1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down
    2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
    3.
    reducirse v pron

    reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

    * * *
    = abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.
    Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.
    Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
    Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.
    Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.
    Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.
    Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.
    Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.
    Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.
    ----
    * que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * reducir de plantilla = downsize.
    * reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.
    * reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.
    * reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.
    * reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.
    * reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.
    * reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.
    * reducir el valor = reduce + value.
    * reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.
    * reducir gradualmente = scale down.
    * reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.
    * reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.
    * reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.
    * reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.
    * reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.
    * reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * reducir progresivamente = phase out.
    * reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.
    * reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

    reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

    le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

    reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

    b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce
    2)

    reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

    b) (Quím) to reduce
    c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)
    3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower
    4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
    2.
    1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down
    2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
    3.
    reducirse v pron

    reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

    * * *
    = abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.

    Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

    Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.
    Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.
    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
    Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.
    Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.
    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.
    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.
    Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.
    Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.
    Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.
    Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.
    * que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * reducir de plantilla = downsize.
    * reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.
    * reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.
    * reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.
    * reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.
    * reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.
    * reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.
    * reducir el valor = reduce + value.
    * reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.
    * reducir gradualmente = scale down.
    * reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.
    * reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.
    * reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.
    * reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.
    * reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.
    * reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * reducir progresivamente = phase out.
    * reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.
    * reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

    * * *
    reducir [I6 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reduce
    hemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of cases
    redujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reduced
    han prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxes
    con esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infection
    ejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistline
    reducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sth
    han reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pages
    le han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two years
    la población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former size
    reducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o form
    el suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothing
    reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sth
    pretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million
    2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce
    B
    1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:
    reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligrams
    reducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominator
    quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
    2 ( Quím) to reduce
    3 ( AmS) ‹objeto robado› to receive, fence ( colloq)
    C (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpower
    reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slavery
    D ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)
    E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)
    ■ reducir
    vi
    A ( Coc) to reduce, boil down
    dejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reduce
    B ( Auto) to shift into a lower gear, change down ( BrE)
    reducirse A algo:
    todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figures
    todo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river
    * * *

     

    reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹gastos/costos› to cut, reduce;

    ‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;

    reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
    reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
    b) ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

    2


    quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
    b) (AmS) ‹ objeto robado› to receive, fence (colloq)

    3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
    ‹ ladrón› to overpower
    reducirse verbo pronominal:

    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
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [disminuir] to reduce;
    [gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);
    nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;
    reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;
    reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;
    el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;
    reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;
    reducir algo a o [m5] en la mitad to reduce sth by half;
    tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;
    reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum
    2. [fotocopia] to reduce
    3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;
    [atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower
    4. Mat [unidades de medida] to convert (a to); [fracciones, ecuaciones] to cancel out
    5. Med [hueso] to set
    6. Quím to reduce
    7. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce
    8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence
    9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]
    ♦ vi
    1. [en el automóvil]
    reducir (de marcha o [m5] velocidad) to change down;
    reduce a tercera change down into third (gear)
    2. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce
    * * *
    v/t
    1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;
    reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;
    reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear
    2 MIL overcome
    * * *
    reducir {61} vt
    1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut
    2) : to subdue
    3) : to boil down
    * * *
    reducir vb to reduce

    Spanish-English dictionary > reducir

  • 11 excluir

    v.
    to exclude (dejar fuera).
    Elsa excluye a los hombres Elsa excludes men.
    El forense excluye los hematomas The coroner excludes the hematomas.
    Los racistas excluyen a Ricardo The racists exclude Richard.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to exclude, shut out
    2 (rechazar) to reject; (descartar) to rule out; (expulsar) to throw out
    * * *
    verb
    to exclude, leave out
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=de grupo, herencia) to exclude (de from)

    lo han excluido del equipo — he's been dropped from o excluded from o left out of the team

    2) (=eliminar) [+ solución] to reject; [+ posibilidad] to rule out
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( no incluir) to exclude

    excluir algo/a alguien de algo — to exclude something/somebody from something

    b) <posibilidad/solución> to rule out, exclude
    * * *
    = escape + inclusion, exclude, leave out, preclude, rule out, bar, exempt, ban, foreclose.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. This definition does not exclude the names of persons, bodies, chemicals, trade names and so on.
    Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex. His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. Once the library is closed, all incoming or all outgoing calls should be barred.
    Ex. Schools and libraries are not exempted although tax is not payable on fixed educational costs.
    Ex. In the Soviet Union the introduction of glasnost has allowed the publication of some books previously banned, but has had little effect on libraries.
    Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.
    ----
    * protección para excluir o aislar = excluder.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( no incluir) to exclude

    excluir algo/a alguien de algo — to exclude something/somebody from something

    b) <posibilidad/solución> to rule out, exclude
    * * *
    = escape + inclusion, exclude, leave out, preclude, rule out, bar, exempt, ban, foreclose.

    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.

    Ex: This definition does not exclude the names of persons, bodies, chemicals, trade names and so on.
    Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex: His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: Once the library is closed, all incoming or all outgoing calls should be barred.
    Ex: Schools and libraries are not exempted although tax is not payable on fixed educational costs.
    Ex: In the Soviet Union the introduction of glasnost has allowed the publication of some books previously banned, but has had little effect on libraries.
    Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.
    * protección para excluir o aislar = excluder.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (no incluir) to exclude
    en la casa viven cinco personas excluyendo los niños there are five people living in the house, excluding o not including the children
    intentaron excluirlo de las conversaciones they tried to exclude him from the talks
    2 ‹posibilidad/solución› to rule out, exclude
    su actitud excluye toda posibilidad de diálogo her attitude rules out any possibility of dialogue
    * * *

    excluir ( conjugate excluir) verbo transitivo
    to exclude;
    ‹ posibilidad› to rule out
    excluir verbo transitivo to exclude
    ' excluir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejar
    - salvarse
    - todo
    English:
    ban
    - bar
    - count out
    - cut out
    - exclude
    - leave out
    - miss out
    - ostracize
    - preclude
    - rule out
    - leave
    * * *
    1. [dejar fuera] to exclude (de from); [hipótesis, opción] to rule out, to exclude;
    fue excluido del equipo he was excluded from the team, he was left out of the team;
    no excluimos ninguna posibilidad we are not ruling out o excluding any possibility;
    excluyendo obras menores, toda su producción está aquí excluding minor works, her entire output is here
    2. [hacer imposible] to rule out, to preclude;
    esa postura excluye cualquier posibilidad de acuerdo that stance rules out o precludes any possibility of an agreement
    * * *
    v/t
    1 leave out (de of), exclude (de from)
    2 posibilidad rule out, exclude
    * * *
    excluir {41} vt
    exceptuar: to exclude, to leave out
    * * *
    excluir vb to exclude

    Spanish-English dictionary > excluir

  • 12 inevitablemente

    adv.
    inevitably.
    * * *
    1 inevitably
    * * *
    ADV inevitably, unavoidably
    * * *
    = ineluctably, inevitably, perforce, unavoidably, willy-nilly.
    Ex. I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex. Statistical categories are perforce crude tools for the evaluation of quality.
    Ex. Development was unavoidably slow during these 5 years because of the need for reconstruction after the war, but basic principles and guidelines for the future were formulated.
    Ex. But to make the distinction in this simplistic fashion is misleading because it suggests that books are willy-nilly of one of these two kinds only, each possessing intrinsic, absolute qualities which inevitably affect readers in one way or the other.
    * * *
    = ineluctably, inevitably, perforce, unavoidably, willy-nilly.

    Ex: I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.

    Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex: Statistical categories are perforce crude tools for the evaluation of quality.
    Ex: Development was unavoidably slow during these 5 years because of the need for reconstruction after the war, but basic principles and guidelines for the future were formulated.
    Ex: But to make the distinction in this simplistic fashion is misleading because it suggests that books are willy-nilly of one of these two kinds only, each possessing intrinsic, absolute qualities which inevitably affect readers in one way or the other.

    * * *
    inevitably, unavoidably
    * * *
    inevitably

    Spanish-English dictionary > inevitablemente

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