īsināt

== Latvian == === Etymology === From īss (“short”) +‎ -ināt. === Pronunciation === === Verb === īsināt second-person plural present indicative of īsināt īsināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present īsinu, īsini, īsina, past īsināju) (of long objects) to shorten, to make short, shorter īsināt svārkus, piedurknes, aizkarus ― to shorten a skirt, sleeves, curtains (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 (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