# abreviar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abbreviāre. Doublet of abreujar, an inherited form.

### Verb

abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevií, past participle abreviat)
* (transitive) to abbreviate
    Synonym: abreujar

#### Related terms

* abreviació

### Further reading

* “abreviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “abreviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “abreviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “abreviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English abbreviate, French abréviation, German Abbreviation, Italian abbreviare, Russian аббревиату́ра (abbreviatúra), Spanish abreviar. Decision no. 488, Progreso IV.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abreˈvi̯ar/

### Verb

abreviar (present abrevias, past abreviis, future abrevios, conditional abrevius, imperative abreviez)
* (transitive) to abbreviate (words)
    Synonym: abrejar (archaic)
* (transitive) to abridge (a book)
* (transitive) to curtail (a narrative)

#### Derived terms

* abrevio (“abbreviation, abridgment”)
* abreviuro (“abbreviation, abridgment”)

### See also

* rezumar
* kurtigar

### References

* Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 269
* Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 433

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bɾe.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.bɾeˈvja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bɾe.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.bɾeˈvja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.bɾe.viˈa(ɾ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.bɾe.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.bɾeˈvja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.bɾe.viˈa(ɻ)/ [a.bɾe.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾeˈvja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɾɨˈvjaɾ/ [ɐ.βɾɨˈvjaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɾɨˈvjaɾ/ [ɐ.βɾɨˈvjaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɾɨˈbjaɾ/ [ɐ.βɾɨˈβjaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɾɨˈvja.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɾɨˈvja.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧bre‧vi‧ar

### Verb

abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abreviei, past participle abreviado)
* to abbreviate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreviar.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abɾeˈbjaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾeˈβ̞jaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧bre‧viar

### Verb

abreviar (first-person singular present abrevio, first-person singular preterite abrevié, past participle abreviado)
* (transitive) to abbreviate, to shorten
* (transitive) to hasten

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* abreviado
* abreviamiento

#### Related terms

* abreviación
* abreviador
* abreviatura
* breve

### Further reading

* “abreviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10