| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Hän supisti sen hyvin yksinkertaiseksi kaavaksi. | He just reduced it to that very, very simple formula. |
| Huokosia supistava seerumi. | Uh, pore-reducing booster serum? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أصغر | Azeri | azaltmaq |
| Danish | formindske,mindske | Dutch | afprijzen, reduceren, verkleinen |
| English | reduce | Esperanto | malmultigi, redukti |
| Estonian | redutseerima | French | duire, réduire, résorber |
| German | abdunkeln, einsparen, reduzieren, schmälern, vermindern | Greek | ελαττώνω, ελαφρώνω, ελευθερώνομαι, λιγοστεύω, μειώνω, μελανώνω, μελώνω, μερακλώνω, μερώνω |
| Hungarian | csökkent, redukál | Icelandic | fækka, skerða, vana |
| Indonesian | kecilkan | Italian | decurtare, derubricare, diradare, rimpicciolire, rimpiccolire |
| Japanese | 還元, 軽減, 減らす, 削減 | Lithuanian | sumažinti |
| Macedonian | намалува, смали | Norwegian | avkorte, minske, redusere |
| Persian | کم کردن | Polish | obniżać, pomniejszać, redukować, zmniejszać, zredukować |
| Portuguese | reduzir | Romanian | reduce |
| Spanish | empequeñecer, jibarizar, mermar, rebajar, recortar, reducir, reducirse | Swedish | förkorta, förkovra, förkrossa, förminska, nedsätta, reducera |
| Thai | เพลา | Turkish | indirgemek, indirmek, kısmak |