shorten

acortar, abreviar

Hacer que algo tenga menos longitud o duración, o pasar a tenerlas.

En inglés sencillo: To make something less long, or to become less long.

• Can you shorten these trousers?
• We shortened the meeting by half an hour.
• The days shorten as winter approaches.

Cómo se usa: shorten something by something (She shortened the skirt by five centimeters.); shorten something to something (Please shorten your speech to ten minutes.)

Sinónimos: reduce, cut, abridge

Antónimos: lengthen, extend

Expresiones frecuentes: shorten a skirt, shorten the journey, shorten a speech

reducir, disminuir

Hacer que la cantidad de algo sea menor.

En inglés sencillo: To make the amount or quantity of something smaller.

• They shortened the sailors’ food allowance.
• The captain shortened their daily ration again.
• Poor harvests had shortened the supply of grain.

Sinónimos: reduce, decrease, lessen

Antónimos: increase

Expresiones frecuentes: shorten the allowance, shorten the supply