reduce

[rɪ'djuːs] [AE -'duːs] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (make smaller) ridurre [inflation, pressure, impact] (by di); abbassare, ridurre [prices, temperature, number]; med. ridurre, fare riassorbire [swelling]; fare abbassare [fever]

the jackets have been reduced by 50% — comm. il prezzo delle giacche è stato ridotto del 50%

"reduce speed now" — aut. "rallentare"

2) (in scale) ridurre [map]; (condense) ridurre, adattare [article]

3) mil. degradare

to reduce to the ranks — degradare a soldato semplice

4) (alter the state of)

to reduce sth. to shreds, to ashes — ridurre qcs. a pezzi, in cenere

to reduce sb. to tears — fare piangere qcn.

to be reduced to begging — essere ridotto a mendicare

5) (simplify) ridurre [argument, existence]

6) dir. ridurre [sentence] (by di)

7) gastr. ridurre [sauce, stock]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) AE (lose weight) calare (di peso)

2) gastr. [sauce] ridursi

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[rə'dju:s]

verb

1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) ridurre

2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) dimagrire

3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) ridurre

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- reducible

- reduction

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[rɪ'djuːs] [AE -'duːs] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (make smaller) ridurre [inflation, pressure, impact] (by di); abbassare, ridurre [prices, temperature, number]; med. ridurre, fare riassorbire [swelling]; fare abbassare [fever]

the jackets have been reduced by 50% — comm. il prezzo delle giacche è stato ridotto del 50%

"reduce speed now" — aut. "rallentare"

2) (in scale) ridurre [map]; (condense) ridurre, adattare [article]

3) mil. degradare

to reduce to the ranks — degradare a soldato semplice

4) (alter the state of)

to reduce sth. to shreds, to ashes — ridurre qcs. a pezzi, in cenere

to reduce sb. to tears — fare piangere qcn.

to be reduced to begging — essere ridotto a mendicare

5) (simplify) ridurre [argument, existence]

6) dir. ridurre [sentence] (by di)

7) gastr. ridurre [sauce, stock]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) AE (lose weight) calare (di peso)

2) gastr. [sauce] ridursi