decrease

disminuir, bajar

Pasar a tener una cantidad, un número o un valor menor.

En inglés sencillo: To become smaller in amount, number, or value.

• The number of visitors decreased.
• Prices have decreased by ten percent.
• Will demand decrease next year?

Cómo se usa: decrease by an amount (Sales decreased by twenty percent.); decrease from A to B (Attendance decreased from fifty to thirty.); decrease in something (The shares decreased in value.)

Sinónimos: fall, drop, decline

Antónimos: increase, rise

Expresiones frecuentes: decrease by something, decrease in value, decrease in size, decrease over time

reducir, disminuir

Hacer que una cantidad, un número o un nivel sea menor.

En inglés sencillo: To make an amount, number, or level smaller.

• Please decrease the volume.
• The company decreased its spending last month.
• Can we decrease the risk of accidents?

Cómo se usa: decrease something by an amount (We decreased the price by five pounds.); decrease something to an amount (Decrease the temperature to twenty degrees.)

Sinónimos: reduce, lower, cut

Antónimos: increase, raise

Expresiones frecuentes: decrease the volume, decrease something by

disminución, descenso

Cambio por el que una cantidad, un número o un valor pasa a ser menor.

En inglés sencillo: A change that makes an amount, number, or value smaller.

• There was a decrease in sales.
• The town reported a sharp decrease in crime.
• A decrease in temperature is expected tonight.

Cómo se usa: a decrease in something (We noticed a decrease in noise.)

Sinónimos: reduction, drop, decline

Antónimos: increase, rise

Expresiones frecuentes: decrease in something, sharp decrease

disminución, reducción

Cantidad en que se reduce un número, un valor o una cantidad total.

En inglés sencillo: The amount by which a number, value, or quantity becomes smaller.

• The decrease was five percent.
• We recorded a decrease of twenty customers.
• This year’s decrease was larger than last year’s.

Cómo se usa: a decrease of an amount (There was a decrease of ten percent.)

Sinónimos: reduction, drop

Antónimos: increase

Expresiones frecuentes: decrease of something, annual decrease