Cut down

Phrasal verbs

B2
Unidad 2
5 m
Lección 3

Lecciones

Cut down

  • Mów teraz

    cut down

  • Mów teraz

    Cut down means to reduce the amount of something.

  • Mów teraz

    I'm trying to cut down on sugar in my diet.

  • Mów teraz

    The company is trying to cut down on expenses by laying off some employees.

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

    ___ ____

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

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  • Powtórz ze słuchu

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  • Powtórz ze słuchu

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  • Przetłumacz teraz

    reducir

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    Reducir significa disminuir la cantidad de algo

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    Estoy intentando reducir el azúcar de mi dieta

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    La empresa está intentando reducir gastos despidiendo a algunos empleados

Frases clave

scale back

reducir

bring down

reducir

trim down

recortar

Vocabulario

Palabra
Traducción
budget
presupuesto
spending
gastos
expenses
gastos

Frases clave

I am trying to cut down on sugar in my diet.

Estoy tratando de reducir el azúcar en mi dieta.

The company is trying to cut down on expenses by laying off some employees.

La empresa está tratando de reducir gastos despidiendo a algunos empleados.

Cut down means to reduce the amount of something.

Reducir significa disminuir la cantidad de algo.

I need to scale back my monthly budget to save more money.

Necesito reducir mi presupuesto mensual para ahorrar más dinero.

The manager wants to bring down the spending for the next quarter.

El gerente quiere reducir el gasto para el próximo trimestre.

They have decided to trim down their staff to improve efficiency.

Han decidido recortar su personal para mejorar la eficiencia.

Diálogo práctico

Employee

I heard the company is trying to cut down on expenses.

Escuché que la empresa está tratando de reducir gastos.

Manager

Yes, we need to scale back our budget this year.

Sí, necesitamos reducir nuestro presupuesto este año.

Employee

What can we do to bring down our spending?

¿Qué podemos hacer para reducir nuestros gastos?

Manager

We might need to trim down some services.

Podríamos necesitar recortar algunos servicios.

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Preguntas frecuentes

'Scale back' significa reducir algo, especialmente gastos o presupuesto.
'Bring down' se puede usar en una oración para hablar sobre reducir costos o gastos.
'Trim down' significa disminuir algo, como el número de empleados o costos.

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