English-Spanish translations for lighten

• aligerarse
  La carga administrativa debe aligerarse, por ejemplo, mediante la adopción del principio de «un fondo». The administrative load must be lightened, for example, by switching to the 'one fund' principle.
• aclarar
• aclararse
• aligerar
  Nadie puede cambiar su pasado, solo aligerar sus recuerdos, como mucha gente hace. Nobody can change his past, only lighten his memories, as many people do.
  Los Estados miembros no deben adoptar medidas unilaterales para aligerar la carga de los operadores móviles. No unilateral measures by Member States to lighten the load of the mobile operators.
  No obstante, estas medidas no son más que un pequeño paso para aligerar esta carga. These measures are only a small step in the direction of lightening the burden, though.
• aliviar

Definition of lighten

• To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate
• To become brighter or clearer; to brighten
• To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning
• To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten
• To alleviate; to reduce the burden of
• To make light or lighter in weight
• To become light or lighter in weight
• To descend; to light

Examples

• to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets
• Sorrow can be lightened by being openly brought out

Related words

• enlighten
• enlightened
• lightening
• enlightenment
• englightened
• Enlightenment
• unenlightened
• enlightener
• enlighteness