abreviar

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

• IPA^(key): /abreˈvi̯ar/

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)

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

• rezumar
• kurtigar

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

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

abreviar (first-person singular present indicative abrevio, past participle abreviado)

1. to abbreviate

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:abreviar.

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

• IPA^(key): /abɾeˈbjaɾ/, [aβɾeˈβjaɾ]

abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevié, past participle abreviado)

1. to abbreviate, to shorten
2. to hasten

• abreviado
• abreviamiento

• abreviación
• abreviatura
• breve

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