abreviar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abbreviāre, present active infinitive of abbreviō (“abbreviate”).

Verb

abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevií, past participle abreviat)

1. (transitive) to abbreviate

   Synonym: abreujar

Further reading

• “abreviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abreviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “abreviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abreviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English abbreviate, French abréviation, German Abbreviation, Italian abbreviare, Russian аббревиату́ра (abbreviatúra), Spanish abreviar. Decision no. 488, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abreˈvi̯ar/

Verb

abreviar (present abrevias, past abreviis, future abrevios, conditional abrevius, imperative abreviez)

1. (transitive) to abbreviate (words)

   Synonym: abrejar (archaic)

2. (transitive) to abridge (a book)
3. (transitive) to curtail (a narrative)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abreviar

		present		past		future
infinitive		abreviar		abreviir		abrevior
tense		abrevias		abreviis		abrevios
conditional		abrevius
imperative		abreviez
adjective active participle		abrevianta		abreviinta		abrevionta
adverbial active participle		abreviante		abreviinte		abrevionte
nominal active participle	singular	abrevianto		abreviinto		abrevionto
	plural	abrevianti		abreviinti		abrevionti
adjective passive participle		abreviata		abreviita		abreviota
adverbial passive participle		abreviate		abreviite		abreviote
nominal passive participle	singular	abreviato		abreviito		abrevioto
	plural	abreviati		abreviiti		abrevioti

Derived terms

• abrevio (“abbreviation, abridgment”)
• abreviuro (“abbreviation, abridgment”)

See also

• rezumar
• kurtigar

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 269
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 433

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abbreviāre, present active infinitive of abbreviō (“abbreviate”).

Verb

1. to abbreviate
2. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreviar.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin abbreviāre, present active infinitive of abbreviō (“abbreviate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾeˈbjaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾeˈβ̞jaɾ]

Verb

1. to abbreviate, to shorten
2. to hasten

Derived terms

• abreviado
• abreviamiento

Related terms

• abreviación
• abreviatura
• breve

Further reading

• “abreviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014