REDUCE - Translation from English into Serbian

I. re·duce [rɪ'djuːs] VB trans

1. reduce (make less):

reduce: smanjiti // smanjivati

reduce price, taxes, wages: sniziti // snižavati

reduce price, taxes, wages: smanjiti // smanjivati

reduce backlog: smanjiti // smanjivati

2. reduce (make smaller):

reduce drawing, photo: umanjiti // umanjivati

reduce math fraction: skratiti // skraćivati

reduce liquids, a sauce: zgusnuti // zgušćavati

3. reduce (bring down):

when he lost his job, they were reduced to begging help from his parents: kada je izgubio posao, bili su primorani da mole njegove roditelje za pomoć

to reduce sb to tears: dovesti nekoga do suza

4. reduce MED (repair):

to reduce a dislocated joint: namestiti iščašeni zglob

II. re·duce [rɪ'djuːs] VB intr Am

reduce: smršati // mršaviti

to reduce sth to rubble fig: skršiti nešto

to reduce to ashes: sravniti sa zemljom

these measures are designed to reduce pollution: cilj ovh mera je smanjenje zagađenja

to reduce sb to silence: ućutkati nekoga

to reduce sth by half: smanjiti za polovinu

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 to ashes: sravniti sa zemljom

to reduce sb to tears: dovesti nekoga do suza

to reduce a dislocated joint: namestiti iščašeni zglob

to reduce sth to rubble fig: skršiti nešto

to reduce sb to silence: ućutkati nekoga

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Soon after entering the tunnel, a powerful earthquake makes the train derail and partially destroys it, and blocks both sides of the tunnel with rubble.

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The villa consisted of a single storey and was constructed from the local marlstone (sandstone), infilled with rubble.

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Some species move into shaded vegetation or rubble.

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A bulldozer moves in to clear the rubble.

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Approximately 60 people worked in the factory, and around a dozen were trapped in the rubble.

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