menguar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
- fizzle verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
- lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
- nerf verb To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
- wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
- waning adj Becoming gradually weaker, smaller, or less influential.
Senses
menguar is used for these senses in English:
- dial down (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
- dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- fizzle (figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
- lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
- nerf (transitive, slang) To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of.
- slack off (intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
- waning Becoming weaker or smaller.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.