| VERBO | change | encoger, abreviar, acortar, compendiar, condensar, contraer, reducir, resumir, simplificar | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | encoger, abreviar, acortar | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended | |
| change | encoger, achicarse, contraerse, contraer, encogerse, mermar | become smaller or draw together | |
| change | encoger, contraer, mermar | reduce in size | |
| change | encoger, consumirse, debilitarse, languidecer, marchitarse, marchitar, mermar, mustiarse, mustiar | wither, as with a loss of moisture | |
| contact | encoger, contraer | make smaller |
| Sentido | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimos | abreviar, acortar, compendiar, condensar, contraer, reducir, resumir, simplificar | |
| Específico | compendiar, comprimir, condensar | make more concise |
| expurgar | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | |
| General | decrecer, disminuir, menguar, mermar, reducir | make smaller |
| Contrario | ampliar, dilatarse, expandir, explicar, exponer, extenderse | add details, as to an account or idea |
| Inglés | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | |
| Catalán | abreujar, contraure, contreure, encongir, escurçar | |
| Nombres | abreviación, abreviatura, cápsula, compendio, condensación, reducción, resumen | A shortened version of a written work |
| abreviador, abridger, compendiador | One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | |
| acortador | Any agent that shortens | |
| Sentido | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimos | abreviar, acortar | |
| Causa de | abreviar, acortarse, acortar | Become short or shorter |
| Específico | acortar, atajar, diminuir, recortar | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end / end or its full extent |
| acortar, atajar, desgastar, truncar | make shorter / shorter as if by cutting off | |
| coronar | shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | |
| sincopar | omit a sound or letter in a word | |
| General | bajar, cortar, rebajar, recortar, reducir | cut down on |
| Contrario | alargar, prolongar | make longer |
| Inglés | shorten | |
| Catalán | abreujar, encongir, escurçar-se, escurçar | |
| Nombres | acortador | Any agent that shortens |
| Sentido | Become smaller or draw together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimos | achicarse, contraerse, contraer, encogerse, mermar | |
| Causado por | contraer, encoger, mermar | Reduce in size |
| Específico | encorvar, flexionar | contract |
| General | consumirse, desmoronarse, disminuir, menguar, mermar, reducirse | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Contrario | alargarse, darse, ensancharse, estirarse | Become longer by being stretched and pulled |
| ampliar, expandir, extenderse | Extend in one or more directions | |
| Inglés | shrink, contract | |
| Catalán | contraure, contreure, encongir, minvar | |
| Nombres | encogimiento | Process or result of becoming less or smaller |
| Sentido | Reduce in size; reduce physically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimos | contraer, mermar | |
| Causa de | achicarse, contraerse, contraer, encogerse, encoger, mermar | Become smaller or draw together |
| Específico | contraer, encoger | make smaller |
| despoblar | Reduce in population | |
| disminuir, reducir | make smaller | |
| miniaturizar | design or construct on a smaller scale | |
| General | decrecer, disminuir, menguar, mermar, reducir | make smaller |
| Inglés | shrink, reduce | |
| Catalán | contraure, contreure, encongir | |
| Nombres | debilitamiento, disminución, merma, reducción | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
| encogimiento | Process or result of becoming less or smaller | |
| Sentido | wither, as with a loss of moisture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimos | consumirse, debilitarse, languidecer, marchitarse, marchitar, mermar, mustiarse, mustiar | |
| Específico | atrofiarse, atrofiar | Undergo atrophy / atrophy |
| momificarse, momificar, secarse | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture | |
| General | consumirse, desmoronarse, disminuir, menguar, mermar, reducirse | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Inglés | shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither | |
| Catalán | debilitar-se, emmusteir-se, marcir-se, marcir, mustiar-se, mustiar, mustigar-se, mustigar, pansir-se, pansir | |
| Sentido | make smaller. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinónimo | contraer | |
| Específico | fruncir | Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds |
| General | contraer, encoger, mermar | Reduce in size |
| Inglés | contract | |
| Catalán | contraure, contreure, encongir | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots