English-Portuguese translations for boil down

• condensar
• diminuir
• resumir
  Todas estas coisas no seu conjunto acabam por se resumir mais ou menos àquilo que o senhor deputado Menrad propõe. All these things taken together more or less boil down to what Mr Menrad proposes.
  O debate sobre o dividendo digital não deverá resumir-se a uma escolha de tipo "branco ou preto" entre comercialização e benefício social. The debate on the digital dividend should not boil down to a black-and-white choice between commercialisation and social benefit.
  A política de cooperação para o desenvolvimento que conduzimos não deve resumir-se a um financiamento de projectos para manter a nossa boa consciência. The development cooperation policy that we are pursuing must not boil down to simply funding projects in order to clear our consciences.
• resumir-se
  O debate sobre o dividendo digital não deverá resumir-se a uma escolha de tipo "branco ou preto" entre comercialização e benefício social. The debate on the digital dividend should not boil down to a black-and-white choice between commercialisation and social benefit.
  A política de cooperação para o desenvolvimento que conduzimos não deve resumir-se a um financiamento de projectos para manter a nossa boa consciência. The development cooperation policy that we are pursuing must not boil down to simply funding projects in order to clear our consciences.
• simplificar

Definition of boil down

• To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core or implication for action
• To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core or implication for action

Examples

• He boiled the soup down so it wouldnt be so weak.
• So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
• My dissertation is 342 pages long, and Im required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!

Related words

• boil
• boiling
• hard-boiled
• boiler
• parboil
• boiled
• boilersuit
• boilerplate
• hardboiled
• soft-boiled