Spanish-English translations for abreviar

• abbreviate
• shorten
  This, then, is an oral amendment to paragraph 2, aiming to shorten the text. Se trata, pues, de una enmienda oral sobre el apartado 2 que tiene por objeto abreviar el texto.
  Commissioner, thank you for your efforts to shorten what was evidently a much longer speech. Muchas gracias, señor Comisario, por abreviar lo que a todas luces era una intervención mucho más larga.
  I also believe that it is essential to shorten the procedures for rolling out projects aimed at finding alternative and unconventional sources of energy. Creo asimismo que es fundamental abreviar los trámites para presentar proyectos dirigidos a buscar fuentes de energía alternativas y no convencionales.
• abridge
  He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff
• cut short
  The party was cut short because everything was getting broken

Related words

• abreviación
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