REDUCE - Translation from English into Slovenian

I. re·duce [rɪˈdju:s] VB trans

1. reduce (make less):

reduce: zmanjševati [perf zmanjšati]

reduce price, taxes: zniževati [perf znižati]

reduce backlog: skrčiti

2. reduce (make smaller):

reduce drawing, photo: pomanjšati

reduce drawing, photo MATH fraction: okrajšati

reduce drawing, photo MATH fraction liquids, a sauce: zgostiti

3. reduce (bring down):

when he lost his job, they were reduced to begging help from his parents: ko je izgubil službo, so morali prosjačiti za pomoč pri njegovih starših

to reduce sb to tears: spraviti koga v jok

4. reduce MED (repair):

to reduce a dislocated shoulder/joint: naravnati izpahnjeno ramo/zglob

II. re·duce [rɪˈdju:s] VB intr Am

reduce: hujšati [perf shujšati]

to be reducing: hujšati

Present
I	reduce
you	reduce
he/she/it	reduces
we	reduce
you	reduce
they	reduce

Past
I	reduced
you	reduced
he/she/it	reduced
we	reduced
you	reduced
they	reduced

Present Perfect
I	have	reduced
you	have	reduced
he/she/it	has	reduced
we	have	reduced
you	have	reduced
they	have	reduced

Past Perfect
I	had	reduced
you	had	reduced
he/she/it	had	reduced
we	had	reduced
you	had	reduced
they	had	reduced

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to reduce sth to rubble fig: porušiti kaj

to reduce sth by half: zmanjšati za polovico

to reduce sb to tears: spraviti koga v jok

to reduce sb to silence: prisiliti koga k molku

these measures are designed to reduce pollution: ti ukrepi so namenjeni zmanjšanju onesnaženosti

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

A 36-hole cut had been introduced in 1898 to reduce numbers on the final day.

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He states that countries should work towards reducing their differences.

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Some sufferers will ingest water to reduce the irritation of bile and acid on the esophagus during emesis.

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To reduce the stretch of the temporalis muscle around the immovable process, machairodonts evolved a skull with a more vertical occipital bone.

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The desert warthog is an important host of the tsetse fly, and in some parts of its range efforts are being made to reduce warthog numbers because of this.

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