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reduce

UK: /rɪˈdjuːs/ US: /-ˈduːs/ [reduced, reducing]

Translation

v [t]
rebajar
I'll buy the television if they reduce the price
Compraré el televisor si rebajan el precio
reducir
disminuir
The number of smokers is reducing
El número de fumadores está disminuyendo
to reduce sth to sth to reduce sb to {sth/doing sth}
(Definition of reduce v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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