minimiza

Minimiza is a verb form found in several Romance languages, used to express the act of making something smaller or less significant. In Spanish and Portuguese, minimiza is a present-tense form of the verb minimizar (to minimize). The form appears in everyday speech as well as technical prose, and it reflects the common intent to reduce size, amount, cost, risk, or importance. The root of minimiza is the Latin minimus, meaning smallest, which also gave the English word minimum.

In practical use, minimiza appears in mathematics and computer science when discussing optimization, where procedures aim to minimize an objective function such as error, loss, or energy. In computing, phrases like minimizar la ventana or minimizar a janela are used to describe reducing a window to the taskbar or dock. In economics or public policy, the verb appears in contexts that describe efforts to minimize costs or risks.

The exact conjugation and spelling of minimiza vary by language and dialect, and related forms such as minimizar (Spanish) or minimizar (Portuguese) are common cognates. See also: minimize, minimization, minimum.