allégez

Allégez is a French verb form from alléger, meaning to make lighter or to reduce a burden. In everyday and formal use, allégez denotes the action of decreasing weight, load, or complexity, whether physical (a bag, equipment) or figurative (bureaucratic procedures, workload, costs). The sense can be budgeting, logistical, or medical, among others.

Etymology and usage context: alléger derives from the adjective léger (light) with a prefix that signals reduction or removal. The verb is regular in the first conjugation, and forms follow the standard -er verb pattern. It is commonly used with a direct object: allégez quelque chose (lighten something) or with a preposition to indicate what is being reduced (alléger de, alléger les charges, alléger le poids).

Conjugation and key form: allégez is the second-person plural present indicative form of alléger, and it also corresponds to the present imperative form for vous. Other present-tense forms include je allège, tu allèges, il/allège, nous allégeons, ils allègent. The spelling preserves a soft g before the e in allégeons. For example: Vous allégez la charge de travail en réorganisant les tâches. Allégez les procédures en les simplifiant.

Usage notes: allégez is common in administrative, logistical, and instructional registers, where reducing burdens, costs, or steps is a typical objective. It can be used literally (to lighten a weight) or figuratively (to ease a process or strain). In contrast with more informal synonyms like réduire or diminuer, allégez emphasizes a removal of excess weight or complexity.