Latvian

Verb

mazināt

1. 2nd person plural present indicative form of mazināt

mazināt tr., 3rd conj., pres. mazinu, mazini, mazina, past mazināju

1. to reduce, to turn down (to make it so that, e.g., a phenomenon, a process, a mental state, etc., becomes less intense, weaker)

   mazināt troksni‎ ― to reduce the noise

   mazināt gaismas spilgtumu‎ ― to turn down the brightness of the light

   mazināt ātrumu‎ ― to reduce the speed

   mazināt prieku, sāpes‎ ― to reduce the joy, the pain

   mazināt gribas spēku‎ ― to reduce the will power

   mazināt negatīvo ietekmi‎ ― to reduce the negative influence

   atpakaļceļā debesis pamazām aizklāj pelēki mākoņi, bet tas karstumu nemazina‎ ― on the way back, gray clouds had covered some of the sky, but this didn't reduce the heat

   paslepeni iebāzu mutē cukura graudiņu, lai mazinātu šī dārgā vīna skābumu‎ ― I secretly put in (my) mouth a sugar cube, in order to reduce the acidity of this expensive wine

2. to reduce (to make something be less in quantity or in amount)

   mazināt zāļu devu‎ ― to reduce the medicine dose

   mazināt ūdens patēriņu‎ ― to reduce water consumption

   gads pēc gads aizritēja, un parāds palika nemazināts‎ ― year after year went by, and the debt remained unreduced

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mazinātājs, mazinātāja
• pamazināt
• samazināt