īsināt

      Latvian

      Etymology

      From īss (short) +‎ -ināt.

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

      īsināt

      1. 2nd person plural present indicative form of īsināt

      īsināt tr., 3rd conj., pres. īsinu, īsini, īsina, past īsināju

      1. (of long objects) to shorten, to make short, shorter
        īsināt svārkus, piedurknes, aizkarus — to shorten a skirt, sleeves, curtains
      2. (of texts) to shorten, to abridge
        īsināt rakstu — to shorten the article
        filmu uzņemot, nācās īsināt scenāriju — (while) shooting the film, it became necessary to abridge the script
        esam saņēmuši klasiska darba īsinātu variantu — we have received the abridged version of a classic work
      3. (of events, periods of time) to make less boring, to make time pass faster
        vīri, laiku īsinādami, smēķēja — the men, (in order to) kill (lit. shorten) time, were smoking
        lai īsinātu ceļu un uzmundrinātu ceļa biedri, viņš sāka stāstīt anekdotiskus gadījumus — to shorten the road (= to make time pass faster during the trip) and to cheer up his travel mates, he began to tell jokes

      Conjugation

      Derived terms

      • paīsināt
      • saīsināt
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