OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 17789

shorten

/ˈʃɔːtn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abreviar • acortar • acorzar • alcorzar • reducir
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eas…
York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself, one hole I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up…
acortarse
To become shorter.