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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin abbreviāre. Doublet of abreujar, an inherited form.

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abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevií, past participle abreviat)

  1. (transitive) to abbreviate
    Synonym: abreujar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English abbreviateFrench abréviationGerman AbbreviationItalian abbreviareRussian аббревиату́ра (abbreviatúra)Spanish abreviar. Decision no. 488, Progreso IV.

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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)

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

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References

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bɾe.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.bɾeˈvja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bɾe.viˈa(ɾ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bɾe.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.bɾeˈvja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bɾe.viˈa(ɻ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧bre‧vi‧ar

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

  1. to abbreviate

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreviar.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abɾeˈbjaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾeˈβ̞jaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧bre‧viar

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

  1. (transitive) to abbreviate, to shorten
  2. (transitive) to hasten

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