empetitir

Catalan

Etymology

From en- + petit + -ir.

Pronunciation

Verb

empetitir (first-person singular present empetiteixo, first-person singular preterite empetití, past participle empetitit)

  1. (transitive) to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow smaller, to shrink
  3. (figurative, transitive) to trivialize, to downplay

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (make/become smaller): enxiquir
  • (downplay): minimitzar

Derived terms

  • empetitiment

Further reading

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