English-Spanish translations for boil down

• reducir
  No obstante, quiero subrayar que "legislar mejor" no significa necesariamente desregular o reducir toda regulación a la mínima expresión. I would like to stress, however, that better regulation must not necessarily mean deregulation or boil down to minimal regulation.
  No obstante, en adelante, será esencial alcanzar un acuerdo en tantos temas como sea posible, para reducir al mínimo el número de cuestiones pendientes. However, in the period ahead, it will be essential to reach agreement on as many subjects as possible, to boil down to the minimum the number of outstanding questions.
• resumirse

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