Redueixen

Redueixen is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Catalan verb reduir, which means to reduce or to lessen. The verb reduir comes from Latin reducere and has cognates in other Romance languages, such as Spanish reducir and French réduire. In present tense, reduir shows stem changes and a variety of orthographic forms. Common present forms include redueixo (I reduce), redueixes (you reduce), redueix (he/she reduces), reduïm (we reduce), reduïu (you all reduce), and redueixen (they reduce). The form redueixen is used when the subject is plural. Catalan orthography often uses diaeresis on the i in reduïm and reduïu to indicate the syllable boundary.

Usage: Redueixen appears in contexts describing a decrease in quantity or intensity, such as emissions, costs, or resources. Examples: Les polítiques redueixen les despeses energètiques. Aquestes mesures redueixen les emissions de CO2. The verb is common in both formal and informal discourse, particularly in discussions of environmental policy, economics, and public administration.

Etymology and related forms: reduir is irregular in some tenses but follows a general -ir verb pattern with stem alterations in the present. Related words include reducció (reduction) and reduir in its other conjugations.