What does ridurre in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word ridurre in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ridurre in Italian.

The word ridurre in Italian means reduce, reduce, decrease, reduce, shrink, be limited to, be reduced to, be forced to, reduce to, reduce, adapt, get sbd to back off from an ill-chosen position, reduce to lowest terms, lower your ambitions, lower your expectations, crush, pulverize, destroy, break up into pieces, destroy, crush, crush, pulverize, destroy, beat to a bloody pulp. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ridurre

reduce

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (rimpicciolire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Quest'agenda è troppo grande; dobbiamo ridurne il formato.
This agenda is too big, we need to make it smaller.

reduce, decrease

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (diminuire, limitare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Dobbiamo ridurre le emissioni di gas serra.
We must reduce gas emissions.

reduce

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (far diventare peggio)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Guarda come ti ha ridotto quella poco di buono!
Look at what that troublemaker has reduced you to!

shrink

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (restringersi, diminuire)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il valore dell'euro si è ridotto negli ultimi anni.
The value of the euro has decreased over the last few years.

be limited to

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (limitarsi)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le novità introdotte dalla legge si riducono a pochi casi specifici.
The new aspects introduced by the law are limited to a few specific cases.

be reduced to

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (diventare peggiore)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Con l'uso questo vestito si è ridotto come uno straccio.
Over time this dress has been reduced to a rag.

be forced to

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (essere costretti a)

Con tutti i problemi di lavoro e di salute, si è ridotto a mendicare per la strada. I tempi del progetto erano calcolati male e ci siamo ridotti a fare tutto all'ultimo momento.
The design times were calculated poorly and we were forced to do everything at the last minute.

reduce to

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (costringere)

La carestia ci ha ridotti alla fame.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. The economic crisis is reducing us to poverty.

reduce

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (matematica, semplificare) (math)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La professoressa le chiese di ridurre i monomi simili.
The teacher asked her to reduce the similar monomials.

adapt

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (riadattare per il cinema) (film)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
L'opera letteraria è stata ridotta per il grande schermo.
The literary opera was adapted for the big screen.

get sbd to back off from an ill-chosen position

reduce to lowest terms

lower your ambitions, lower your expectations

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (anche figurato (scegliere una mira meno difficile) (idiomatic)

crush, pulverize, destroy

break up into pieces

destroy, crush

crush, pulverize, destroy

beat to a bloody pulp

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (informale (violence)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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