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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

reduzir

to reduce

  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: reduzindo
  • Past participle: reduzido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you reduce
  3. nós we reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all reduce

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I reduced
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you reduced
  3. nós we reduced
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all reduced

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to reduce
  3. nós we are going to reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to reduce

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to reduce
  3. nós we used to reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to reduce

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would reduce
  3. nós we would reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would reduce

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you reduce
  3. nós (that) we reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all reduce

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I reduced
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you reduced
  3. nós (if) we reduced
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all reduced

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I reduce
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you reduce
  3. nós (when) we reduce
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all reduce

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você reduce!
  2. vocês reduce! (all of you)

How to use reduzir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu reduzo o açúcar do café aos poucos.

    I'm cutting down the sugar in my coffee little by little.

  2. Past

    A loja reduziu os preços em vinte por cento.

    The store reduced prices by twenty percent.

  3. Future

    A prefeitura vai reduzir o limite de velocidade aqui.

    The city is going to reduce the speed limit here.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes a empresa reduzia o quadro todo fim de ano.

    The company used to cut staff every year-end.

  5. Conditional

    Andar a pé reduziria muito o trânsito no centro.

    Walking would reduce downtown traffic a lot.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que eu reduza o sal.

    The doctor wants me to cut down on salt.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles reduzissem o aluguel, a gente ficava.

    If they lowered the rent, we'd stay.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando reduzir a velocidade, use a seta.

    When you slow down, use your indicator.

  9. Imperative

    Reduza o fogo e deixe cozinhar dez minutos.

    Lower the heat and let it cook for ten minutes.

Good to know

  • "Reduzir" is the formal word; in conversation people say "diminuir".

Where you hear reduzir

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

  • A construtora reduz o projeto para doze andares. The developer is reducing the project to twelve floors.
  • A prefeitura reduziu a altura da torre. City hall reduced the height of the tower.
  • Vamos reduzir o prazo da obra. We're going to reduce the duration of the work.
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