disminuir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- belittle verb To speak of someone or something as less important or impressive than it really is, often to show contempt.
- decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
- fade verb To gradually lose colour, brightness, strength, or intensity.
- lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- slake verb To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
Senses
disminuir is used for these senses in English:
- belittle (transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]
- decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- dial down (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
- diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- drop off (idiomatic, transitive, especially, _, US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
- dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- fade (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
decrease — full definition
- verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- noun A reduction in the size or amount of something.