abreviar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin abbreviāre. Doublet of abreujar, an inherited form.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevií, past participle abreviat)
(transitive) to abbreviate
Synonym: abreujar
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=== Further reading ===
“abreviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“abreviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“abreviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“abreviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English abbreviate, French abréviation, German Abbreviation, Italian abbreviare, Russian аббревиату́ра (abbreviatúra), Spanish abreviar. Decision no. 488, Progreso IV.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /abreˈvi̯ar/
=== Verb ===
abreviar (present abrevias, past abreviis, future abrevios, conditional abrevius, imperative abreviez)
(transitive) to abbreviate (words)
Synonym: abrejar (archaic)
(transitive) to abridge (a book)
(transitive) to curtail (a narrative)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
abrevio (“abbreviation, abridgment”)
abreviuro (“abbreviation, abridgment”)
=== See also ===
rezumar
kurtigar
=== References ===
Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 269
Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 433
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧bre‧vi‧ar
=== Verb ===
abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abreviei, past participle abreviado)
to abbreviate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreviar.
=== Further reading ===
“abreviar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“abreviar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /abɾeˈbjaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾeˈβ̞jaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧bre‧viar
=== Verb ===
abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevié, past participle abreviado)
(transitive) to abbreviate, to shorten
(transitive) to hasten
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=== Further reading ===
“abreviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025