shorten

Inglés

shorten
Received Pronunciation (AFI)	/ˈʃɔː.tən/ Sur de Inglaterraⓘ [ˈʃɔːtn̩]
General American, Canadá (AFI)	/ˈʃɔɹ.tən/ [ˈʃɔɹ.ɾən] [ˈʃɔɹ.ɾn̩]
Australia, Nueva Zelanda (AFI)	/ˈʃoː.tən/ [ˈʃoː.ʔn̩]
longitud silábica	bisílaba

Etimología 1

Si puedes, incorpórala: ver cómo.

Verbo transitivo

1

Acortar.

Verbo intransitivo

2

Acortarse.

• Ejemplo: 

  The telomeres protect the chromosomes from damage, but also shorten with age, until the cells are no longer able to replicate.Neil Bowdler. «Stop, rewind: the scientists slowing the ageing process». 26 ene 2011.

Véase también

• Wikipedia en inglés tiene un artículo sobre shorten.

Conjugación

Conjugación de shorten (shortened, shortened)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	shorten
Gerundio	shortening
Participio	shortened
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I shorten	you shorten, shortenest†	he, she, it shortens, shorteneth†	we, you, they shorten
Pretérito	I shortened	you shortened, shortenedst†	he, she, it shortened	we, you, they shortened
Pretérito compuesto	I have shortened	you have shortened	he, she, it has shortened	we, you, they have shortened
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had shortened	you had shortened	he, she, it had shortened	we, you, they had shortened
Futuro	I will shortened	you will shortened	he, she, it will shortened	we, you, they will shortened
Futuro compuesto	I will have shortened	you will have shortened	he, she, it will have shortened	we, you, they will have shortened
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would shortened	you would shortened	he, she, it would shortened	we, you, they would shortened
Condicional compuesto	I would have shortened	you would have shortened	he, she, it would have shortened	we, you, they would have shortened
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I shorten	you shorten	he, she, it shorten	we, you, they shorten
Pretérito	I shortened	you shortened	he, she, it shortened	we, you, they shortened
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) shorten	― ―	(we) let's shorten
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad