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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin redūcere, present active infinitive of redūcō (“reduce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reduˈθiɾ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Hyphenation: re‧du‧cir

Verb

reducir

  1. to reduce

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin redūcere, present active infinitive of redūcō.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /reduˈθiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /reduˈsiɾ/

  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Hyphenation: re‧du‧cir

Verb

reducir (first-person singular present reduzo, first-person singular preterite reducín, past participle reducido)

  1. to reduce
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reducir (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal reducir
Personal reducir reducires reducir reducirmos reducirdes reduciren
Gerund
reducindo
Past participle
Masculine reducido reducidos
Feminine reducida reducidas
Indicative
Present reduzo reduces reduce reducimos reducides reducen
Imperfect reducía reducías reducía reduciamos reduciades reducían
Preterite reducín reduciches reduciu reducimos reducistes reduciron
Pluperfect reducira reduciras reducira reduciramos reducirades reduciran
Future reducirei reducirás reducirá reduciremos reduciredes reducirán
Conditional reduciría reducirías reduciría reduciriamos reduciriades reducirían
Subjunctive
Present reduza reduzas reduza reduzamos reduzades reduzan
Imperfect reducise reducises reducise reducísemos reducísedes reducisen
Future reducir reducires reducir reducirmos reducirdes reduciren
Imperative
Affirmative reduce reduza reduzamos reducide reduzan
Negative (non) non reduzas non reduza non reduzamos non reduzades non reduzan

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin redūcere (“reduce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reduˈθiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /reduˈsiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧du‧cir

Verb

reducir (first-person singular present reduzco, first-person singular preterite reduje, past participle reducido)

  1. to reduce, to lower, to cut, to scale back
  2. to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices)
  3. to whittle
  4. to curtail (restrict)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reducir (irregular; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive reducir
gerund reduciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular reducido reducida
plural reducidos reducidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present reduzco reducestú
reducísvos 		reduce reducimos reducís reducen
imperfect reducía reducías reducía reducíamos reducíais reducían
preterite reduje redujiste redujo redujimos redujisteis redujeron
future reduciré reducirás reducirá reduciremos reduciréis reducirán
conditional reduciría reducirías reduciría reduciríamos reduciríais reducirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present reduzca reduzcastú
reduzcásvos2 		reduzca reduzcamos reduzcáis reduzcan
imperfect
(ra) 		redujera redujeras redujera redujéramos redujerais redujeran
imperfect
(se) 		redujese redujeses redujese redujésemos redujeseis redujesen
future1 redujere redujeres redujere redujéremos redujereis redujeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative reducetú
reducívos 		reduzca reduzcamos reducid reduzcan
negative no reduzcas no reduzca no reduzcamos no reduzcáis no reduzcan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of reducir (irregular; c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive reducir
dative reducirme reducirte reducirle, reducirse reducirnos reduciros reducirles, reducirse
accusative reducirme reducirte reducirlo, reducirla, reducirse reducirnos reduciros reducirlos, reducirlas, reducirse
with gerund reduciendo
dative reduciéndome reduciéndote reduciéndole, reduciéndose reduciéndonos reduciéndoos reduciéndoles, reduciéndose
accusative reduciéndome reduciéndote reduciéndolo, reduciéndola, reduciéndose reduciéndonos reduciéndoos reduciéndolos, reduciéndolas, reduciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reduce
dative redúceme redúcete redúcele redúcenos not used redúceles
accusative redúceme redúcete redúcelo, redúcela redúcenos not used redúcelos, redúcelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reducí
dative reducime reducite reducile reducinos not used reduciles
accusative reducime reducite reducilo, reducila reducinos not used reducilos, reducilas
with formal second-person singular imperative reduzca
dative redúzcame not used redúzcale, redúzcase redúzcanos not used redúzcales
accusative redúzcame not used redúzcalo, redúzcala, redúzcase redúzcanos not used redúzcalos, redúzcalas
with first-person plural imperative reduzcamos
dative not used reduzcámoste reduzcámosle reduzcámonos reduzcámoos reduzcámosles
accusative not used reduzcámoste reduzcámoslo, reduzcámosla reduzcámonos reduzcámoos reduzcámoslos, reduzcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reducid
dative reducidme not used reducidle reducidnos reducíos reducidles
accusative reducidme not used reducidlo, reducidla reducidnos reducíos reducidlos, reducidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reduzcan
dative redúzcanme not used redúzcanle redúzcannos not used redúzcanles, redúzcanse
accusative redúzcanme not used redúzcanlo, redúzcanla redúzcannos not used redúzcanlos, redúzcanlas, redúzcanse

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