English-Italian translations for minimize

• minimizzare
  Onorevoli colleghi, le donne costituiscono una categoria sociale di cui si cerca di minimizzare esigenze e difficoltà in tale ambito. Women, ladies and gentlemen, form a social group whose needs and difficulties in the cities tend to be minimized.
  Sembra che gli Stati membri contribuenti netti cerchino di fare il possibile per minimizzare la propria quota, mentre quelli beneficiari netti cercano di massimizzare la propria. Fraud is very possible when the most important task for member countries seems to be to minimize its net costs, while maximizing its income.
  Quali proposte intende presentare la Commissione per minimizzare questi problemi, specialmente per i settori industriali e commerciali di piccole e medie dimensioni? What proposals does the Commission have to minimize these problems, particularly for the small and medium-sized business and commercial sectors?

Definition of minimize

• To make as small or as insignificant as possible
• To treat slightingly

Examples

• I didnt close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

Related words

• minimized
• minimizer
• minimise/minimize