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"to reduce" in seven languages

Meaningto reduce

Spanish

reducir

/reduˈθiɾ/

learned

Preterite reduje, like conducir → conduje.

French

réduire

/ʁedɥiʁ/

learned

Conjugates like conduire: je réduis, réduit.

Italian

ridurre

/riˈdurre/

learned

Contracted like condurre: riduco, ridotto.

Portuguese

reduzir

/heduˈzih/

learned

Romanian

reduce

/reˈdutʃe/

learned

Catalan

reduir

/rəduˈi/

learned

English

reduce

/ɹɪˈdus/

from Latin/French · Latin REDŪCERE

English → Italianto reduceridurreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REDŪCERE‘to lead back’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

To reduce was 'to lead back' (RE- + DŪCERE). The sisters fit it into the same pattern as their -ducir/-duire/-durre verbs, so learning one teaches a whole family.

English relatives: reduction, conduct, introduce, produce

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In a sentence

  • esTenemos que reducir los costes.
  • frNous devons réduire les coûts.
  • itDobbiamo ridurre i costi.
  • ptTemos que reduzir os custos.
  • roTrebuie să reducem costurile.
  • caHem de reduir els costos.
  • enWe must reduce costs.

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