reducir

to reduce

Todo esto reducía la calidad de vida de la pareja.	All of this reduced the partner's quality of life.
El dolor era insoportable y la intensidad aumentaba y reducía alternamente.	The pain was unbearable and the intensity alternately increased and reduced.
Pude observar que siempre se reducía a un solo factor.	I saw that it always came down to one factor.
Por un lado, esto reducía el consumo de combustible.	On the one hand, this would reduce fuel consumption.
En navíos más sencillos esta tripulación se reducía a las figuras imprescindibles.	On simpler ships, this crew was reduced to the essential members.
Y todo eso se reducía, realmente al dinero.	And what it all came down to really was money.
El porcentaje de otros recursos era considerablemente inferior y reducía el porcentaje general.	The percentage of other resources was considerably lower and reduced the overall percentage.
Esta uniformidad reducía costos, como los de formación y preparación de programas informáticos.	This uniformity reduced costs, such as those for training and software development.
Para estos héroes del gangsterismo, todo se reducía a medidas enérgicas y dictatoriales.	For these heroes of gangsterism everything came down to energetic and dictatorial measures.
Vi cómo reducía la vida de mis padres a unos pocos dólares.	I watched him boil my parents' lives down to a few dollars.
La guerrilla reducía la espiritualidad maya exactamente al folclorismo.	The guerrilla movement reduced Mayan spirituality to folklore.
Una enmienda introducida en 1979 reducía el período de cada Presidencia a cinco años.	An amendment introduced in 1979 reduced each Presidency to a five-year term.
Esto se reducía hasta verdaderamente longitudes indecentes, de nuevo se hacía más larga.	It that was shortened to really indecent length, again became longer.
Pero siempre se reducía a, repetidamente.	But it always came down to, repeatedly.
Sin embargo, todo se reducía a una sola cosa al final. El dinero.	But it all came down to one thing in the end...money.
Los opositores a la Marina dijeron que todo se reducía a la política.	Navy opponents said it all came down to politics.
Vi cómo reducía la vida de mis padres a unos pocos dólares.	I watched him boil my parents' lives down to a few dollars.
La vida se reducía al trabajo doméstico.	Her life was limited to the work in the house.
A eso se reducía el cumplimiento de la orden de la Marina.	Compliance with the navy order was reduced to that.
Diez años atrás la agricultura se reducía a las cosechas tradicionales de maíz y frijol.	Ten years ago agriculture was limited to the traditional maize and bean crops.