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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 (first-person singular indicative present reduzo, past participle reducíu)
- to reduce
Conjugation
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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing 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)
- to reduce
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Conjugation
Conjugation of reducir (c-z alternation)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin redūcere (“reduce”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reduˈθiɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reduˈsiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: re‧du‧cir
Verb
reducir (first-person singular present reduzco, first-person singular preterite reduje, past participle reducido)
- to reduce, to lower, to cut, to scale back
- to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices)
- to whittle
- to curtail (restrict)
Conjugation
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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive reducir
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dative
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reducirme
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reducirte
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reducirle, reducirse
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reducirnos
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reduciros
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reducirles, reducirse
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accusative
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reducirme
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reducirte
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reducirlo, reducirla, reducirse
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reducirnos
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reduciros
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reducirlos, reducirlas, reducirse
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with gerund reduciendo
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dative
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reduciéndome
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reduciéndote
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reduciéndole, reduciéndose
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reduciéndonos
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reduciéndoos
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reduciéndoles, reduciéndose
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accusative
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reduciéndome
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reduciéndote
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reduciéndolo, reduciéndola, reduciéndose
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reduciéndonos
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reduciéndoos
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reduciéndolos, reduciéndolas, reduciéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative reduce
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dative
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redúceme
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redúcete
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redúcele
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redúcenos
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not used
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redúceles
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accusative
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redúceme
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redúcete
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redúcelo, redúcela
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redúcenos
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not used
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redúcelos, redúcelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative reducí
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dative
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reducime
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reducite
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reducile
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reducinos
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not used
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reduciles
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accusative
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reducime
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reducite
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reducilo, reducila
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reducinos
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not used
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reducilos, reducilas
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with formal second-person singular imperative reduzca
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dative
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redúzcame
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not used
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redúzcale, redúzcase
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redúzcanos
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not used
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redúzcales
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accusative
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redúzcame
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not used
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redúzcalo, redúzcala, redúzcase
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redúzcanos
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not used
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redúzcalos, redúzcalas
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with first-person plural imperative reduzcamos
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dative
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not used
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reduzcámoste
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reduzcámosle
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reduzcámonos
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reduzcámoos
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reduzcámosles
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accusative
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not used
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reduzcámoste
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reduzcámoslo, reduzcámosla
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reduzcámonos
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reduzcámoos
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reduzcámoslos, reduzcámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative reducid
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dative
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reducidme
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not used
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reducidle
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reducidnos
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reducíos
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reducidles
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accusative
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reducidme
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not used
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reducidlo, reducidla
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reducidnos
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reducíos
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reducidlos, reducidlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative reduzcan
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dative
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redúzcanme
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not used
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redúzcanle
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redúzcannos
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not used
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redúzcanles, redúzcanse
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accusative
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redúzcanme
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not used
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redúzcanlo, redúzcanla
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redúzcannos
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not used
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redúzcanlos, redúzcanlas, redúzcanse
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Derived terms
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