resumir

Meaning

1. to summarize (to prepare a summary)
2. to show only the essential elements of something
3. to recapitulate; to review
4. to diminish (to make smaller)
5. to mostly destroy; to leave only remains of something

Hyphenated as

re‧su‧mir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.zuˈmi(ʁ)/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin resūmere (“to take back; to resume; to recover”), from re- + sūmō (“to select”).

Sentences

Você nunca quer discutir com quem não sabe resumir .

You never want to argue with someone who doesn't know how to summarize.