English-Portuguese translations for reduce

• reduzir
  Também a UE deveria reduzir as suas despesas. The EU, too, should reduce its expenditure.
  A nossa missão consiste, pois, em reduzir tais desigualdades. Our job then is to reduce these differences.
  Devemos reduzir todas as emissões desnecessárias e reduzir os transportes. We must reduce all unnecessary emissions and reduce transport.
• confinar
• diminuir
  Conseguimos até diminuir as emissões. We even managed to reduce emissions.
  Apesar disso, o seu próprio interesse é diminuir as emissões. It would be in its own interests, however, to reduce emissions.
  Queremos diminuir o sofrimento humano causado pelas minas antipessoal. We want to reduce human suffering caused by anti-personnel mines.
• emagrecer
• escassear
• limitar
  É necessário tomar muitas medidas importantes para limitar e reduzir esta dependência. Many important measures must be taken to limit and reduce this dependence.
  A prevenção da criminalidade não se pode limitar ao intercâmbio de melhores práticas. Crime prevention cannot be reduced to the exchange of best practices.
  Permitirá finalmente reduzir o efeito de estufa e limitar os efeitos nocivos para o ambiente. They will also reduce the greenhouse effect and limit damage to the environment.
• rebaixar
  Se o não fizermos, rebaixar-nos-emos nós próprios, lamentavelmente, ao papel de charlatães e de fabricantes de palavras vãs.If we do not do this, we unfortunately reduce ourselves to an empty rhetoric producer.
• restringir
  O Movimento-de-Junho não quer restringir a democracia. The June Movement does not want to reduce democracy.
  Isto não contribuirá certamente para restringir o vergonhoso fenómeno do tráfico de seres humanos. This will certainly not reduce the disgraceful trafficking in human beings.
  Restringir as opções das pequenas e médias empresas e dos comerciantes de veículos automóveis só irá reduzir a concorrência. Restricting the options of small and medium-sized enterprises and car dealers will reduce competition.

Definition of reduce

• To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower
• To lose weight
• To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture
• To bring to an inferior state or condition
• To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off
• To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen
• To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value
• To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
• To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment
• To strike off the payroll
• To translate (a book, document, etc

Examples

• to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc
• to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
• to reduce a province or a fort
• to reduce a city to ashes
• It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing
• a book reduced into English

Related words

• reducer
• reduced
• MapReduce
• reduce diminish
• reduce by a half
• reduce to ashes
• reduce to dust
• reduce|reducing
• reduced-fat milk