riduco

Riduco is the first-person singular present indicative form of the Italian verb ridurre, meaning "I reduce" or "I am reducing." The infinitive ridurre means "to reduce, to diminish, to lower," and it is used to describe the act of making something smaller in quantity, size, level, or complexity. The verb derives from Latin reducere, “to lead back” or “to bring back,” and has developed in Italian to cover various senses of decreasing or shortening.

Conjugation and usage notes: Ridurre is irregular in the present tense, with the forms io riduco, tu riduci, lui riduce, noi riduciamo, voi riducete, loro riducono. Riduco, as with other present-tense forms, requires a direct object to indicate what is being reduced (e.g., Io riduco i costi, Io riduco i rifiuti). The verb can describe practical actions (reducing consumption, costs, emissions) as well as more abstract reductions (tempo, distance, risk).

Contexts and examples: In environmental and policy discourse, ridurre is commonly used to discuss cutting CO2 emissions, energy use, or waste. In everyday language, it appears in phrases like ridurre i danni, ridurre le spese, or ridurre la velocità. The related noun riduzione denotes the act or result of reducing, while riduttore refers to a device or agent that reduces.

See also: riduzione, riduttore, riduttivo.