accorciare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to shorten; to abridge; to abbreviate
2. (intransitive) to become shorter
3. (figuratively, intransitive) to weaken, to become weaker

Concepts

shorten

abbreviate

abridge

reduce

make small

decrease

diminish

shrink

reef

make smaller

take up

prune

lessen

cut short

expurgate

extenuate

lower

mitigate

outline

paralyze

put down

boil down

retrench

scale down

attenuate

adumbrate

sketch

summarize

cease

contract

cut

curtail

cut back

decline

trim

become smaller

epitomize

Synonyms

abbreviare

ridurre

diminuire

rimpicciolire

tagliare

terminare

🔚

accennare

decrescere

raccorciare

raffilare

ridursi

sintetizzare

riaccorciare

finire

limitare

riassumere

Translations

abréger

acortar

raccourcir

kürzen

verkürzen

abkürzen

inkorten

abreviar

verkorten

disminuir

verkleinern

encurtar

écourter

abreviar

beperken

Hyphenated as

ac‧cor‧cià‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ak.korˈt͡ʃa.re/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adcurtiāre, from Latin curtus. Compare Sicilian accurzari.