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SPANISH VERB

reducir

to reduce

  • #189 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: reduciendo
  • Past participle: reducido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I reduce
  2. tú you reduce
  3. usted, él, ella he/she reduces
  4. nosotros we reduce
  5. vosotros Spain you all reduce
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they reduce

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I reduced
  2. tú you reduced
  3. usted, él, ella he/she reduced
  4. nosotros we reduced
  5. vosotros Spain you all reduced
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they reduced

Imperfect

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

  1. yo I used to reduce
  2. tú you used to reduce
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to reduce
  4. nosotros we used to reduce
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to reduce
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to reduce

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will reduce
  2. tú you will reduce
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will reduce
  4. nosotros we will reduce
  5. vosotros Spain you all will reduce
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will reduce

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would reduce
  2. tú you would reduce
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would reduce
  4. nosotros we would reduce
  5. vosotros Spain you all would reduce
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would reduce

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I reduce
  2. tú (that) you reduce
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she reduce
  4. nosotros (that) we reduce
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all reduce
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they reduce

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I reduced
  2. tú (if) you reduced
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she reduced
  4. nosotros (if) we reduced
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all reduced
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they reduced

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú reduce!
  2. usted reduce! (formal)
  3. nosotros reduce! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain reduce! (all of you)
  5. ustedes reduce! (all of you)

How to use reducir

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

  1. Present

    Desde enero reduzco el azúcar en el café.

    Since January I've been cutting down the sugar in my coffee.

  2. Past

    El médico me redujo la dosis a la mitad.

    The doctor cut my dose in half.

  3. Imperfect

    En verano la tienda reducía el horario por la tarde.

    In summer the store cut its afternoon hours.

  4. Future

    ¿Reducirán el precio de los boletos en marzo?

    Will they lower the ticket prices in March?

  5. Conditional

    Yo reduciría los gastos antes de pedir un préstamo.

    I would cut expenses before asking for a loan.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es importante que reduzcas la velocidad en la curva.

    It's important that you slow down on the curve.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El jefe pidió que redujéramos el informe a dos páginas.

    The boss asked us to cut the report to two pages.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Reduce la sal, que te sube la presión!

    Cut down on salt, it raises your blood pressure!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.