reducción
reduction
noun rreh-dook-SYOHN Less Common
Origin: from Latin reductio (a leading back)
Also means
decrease
Usage Note
Reducción is the standard formal term for a cut or decrease in quantity: una reducción de impuestos (a tax cut). In informal speech rebaja (for prices) or recorte (for budgets) are more common alternatives. The verb is reducir, which is irregular in the first-person present (reduzco).
Examples
"Se anunció una reducción de precios."
Natural Translation
A price reduction was announced.
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