laburtu

io.

1. brief, shortened

2. ( testua ) abridged du/ad.

1.

a. ( testua ) to abridge, reduce

b. ( hitza, e.a. ) to abbreviate

c. ( soinekoa, gona ) to shorten, make ... shorter, take up

d. ( egonaldia, hitzaldia, e.a. ) to cut ... short, shorten; lehendakariak egonaldia \laburtu behar izan zuen the president had to cut short his stay

e. ( esandakoa ) to summarize, outline; luzeegi esandakoa laburtzeko in order to summarize what was overstated; hitz gutxiz laburtzeko to sum it up | to put it in a nutshell

f. ( luze-laburra, distantzia ) to reduce, cut down

2.

a. ( gutxitu ) to curtail, decrease, reduced; soldata \laburtu digute they've curtailed our salary

b. Mat. to reduce da/ad.

1. to grow short, become shorter; egunak \laburtuz doaz the days are growing shorter

2. ( ikusmena ) to fail; ikusmena laburtzen zaio his sight is failing him