diminutar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English diminish, French diminuer, German Diminutiv, Italian diminuire, Spanish disminuir, ultimately from Latin dīminuere, present active infinitive of dīminuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.nu.ˈtar/, /di.mi.nu.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

diminutar (present tense diminutas, past tense diminutis, future tense diminutos, imperative diminutez, conditional diminutus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to diminish, lessen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diminutar

		present		past		future
infinitive		diminutar		diminutir		diminutor
tense		diminutas		diminutis		diminutos
conditional		diminutus
imperative		diminutez
adjective active participle		diminutanta		diminutinta		diminutonta
adverbial active participle		diminutante		diminutinte		diminutonte
nominal active participle	singular	diminutanto		diminutinto		diminutonto
	plural	diminutanti		diminutinti		diminutonti
adjective passive participle		diminutata		diminutita		diminutota
adverbial passive participle		diminutate		diminutite		diminutote
nominal passive participle	singular	diminutato		diminutito		diminutoto
	plural	diminutati		diminutiti		diminutoti

Antonyms

• augmentar (“to augment: to increase, enlarge”)
• kreskar (“to grow”)
• ampligar (“to amplify”)
• developar (“to develop: make larger, fuller; to unfold”)

Derived terms

• diminutiva (“diminutive”, adjective)
• diminutivo (“diminutive”, noun)

 

See also

• mingrandigar (“to lessen, make smaller”)
• mingrosigar (“to reduce in size”)