abreviar

v.

1 to shorten.

2 to hurry up (darse prisa).

para abreviar to keep it quick; (al hacer algo) to cut a long story short (al narrar algo)

3 to abbreviate, to abridge, to condense, to curtail.

Contraje tu ensayo por estética I shortened your essay for aesthetics.

4 to reduce, to decrease.

Abreviar la velocidad Reduce speed.

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abreviar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (acortar) to shorten, cut short

2 (texto) to abridge; (palabra) to abbreviate

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abreviar los trámites to speed up the formalities

para abreviar to cut a long story short

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1. VT

1) (=acortar) [+ palabra] to abbreviate; [+ texto] to abridge, reduce; [+ discurso, estancia etc] to shorten, cut short

2) (=acercar) [+ fecha] to bring forward; [+ acontecimiento] to hasten

2.

VI (=apresurarse) to be quick

bueno, para abreviar ... — well, to cut a long story short ...

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1.

verbo transitivo <permanencia/visita> to cut short; <plazo> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to abridge; <palabra> to abbreviate

2.

abreviar vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde — cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando ... — in short ...

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= abbreviate, telescope.

Ex. The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex. What certainly happens without a doubt is that the experienced librarian telescopes into what may appear to be a single instantaneous decision a whole series of logically-connected search steps.

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* interrumpir para abreviar = cut + Nombre + short.

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1.

verbo transitivo <permanencia/visita> to cut short; <plazo> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to abridge; <palabra> to abbreviate

2.

abreviar vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde — cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando ... — in short ...

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= abbreviate, telescope.

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex: What certainly happens without a doubt is that the experienced librarian telescopes into what may appear to be a single instantaneous decision a whole series of logically-connected search steps.

* interrumpir para abreviar = cut + Nombre + short.

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abreviar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹estancia/visita› to cut short; ‹plazo› to shorten; ‹texto/artículo› to abridge

tuvo que abreviar su visita he had to cut short his visit

2 ‹palabra› to abbreviate

■ abreviar

vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando, no sabemos nada todavía in short, we don't know anything yet

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abreviar (conjugate abreviar) verbo transitivo ‹permanencia/visita› to cut short;
‹plazo› to shorten;
‹texto/artículo› to abridge;
‹palabra› to abbreviate
verbo intransitivo:

◊ abreviando … in short …

abreviar
I verbo transitivo
1 to shorten: abreviaremos nuestra estancia en Niza, we'll cut short our stay in Nice
2 (resumir o acortar un texto) to abridge: ¿puedes abreviar un poco el prólogo?, could you abridge the prologue a bit?
3 (una palabra) to abbreviate
II verbo intransitivo
1 to be quick o brief: ¡abrevia, que no llegamos! be quick, or we'll never get there!
♦ Locuciones: para abreviar, to cut a long story short: ... para abreviar: no fue a la entrevista, to cut a long story short: she didn't go to the interview

'abreviar' also found in these entries:
English:
abbreviate
- curtail
- do
- short
- shorten

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abreviar

♦ vt

1. [proceso, explicación] to shorten;

[viaje, estancia] to cut short

2. [texto] to abridge

3. [palabra] to abbreviate

♦ vi

[darse prisa] to hurry up;

para abreviar [al hacer algo] to keep it quick;

[al narrar algo] to cut a long story short;

¡venga, abrevia! come on, keep it short!

♦ See also the pronominal verb abreviarse

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abreviar

v/t shorten; palabra tb

abbreviate; texto tb

abridge

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abreviar vt

1) : to abbreviate

2) : to shorten, to cut short

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abreviar vb

1. (palabra) to abbreviate

2. (reunión, etc) to cut short [pt. & pp. cut]

¡abrevia! hurry up!

abrevia, que tengo prisa hurry up I'm in a hurry