abreviar

to shorten

to hurry up

abreviar(ah-breh-byahr)

transitive verb

1. (to make shorter)

a. to shorten

Por motivos burocráticos, la universidad abrevió el plazo de entrega de las tesis.

For bureaucratic reasons, the university shortened the deadline for thesis submission.

b. to cut short

La ministra abrevió su estancia en Bruselas para asistir a una reunión de gabinete urgente en su país.

The minister cut short her stay in Brussels to attend an urgent cabinet meeting in her country.

c. to abridge (a text)

Hay que abreviar el texto porque tiene que caber en una sola página.

We need to abridge the text because it has to fit on a single page.

d. to abbreviate (a word)

Al escribir mensajes de texto, es normal abreviar palabras.

When texting, it is common to abbreviate words.

intransitive verb

2. (to hasten)

a. to hurry up

Le dije que abreviara porque la película estaba a punto de empezar.

I told him to hurry up because the movie was about to start.

b. to cut it short

O abreviamos o no acabamos nunca.

If we don't cut it short, we'll never be done.

c. to be quick

Quise abreviar, pero solo conseguía equivocarme una y otra vez.

I tried to be quick, but all I managed to do was to make one mistake after another.

3. (to summarize)

a.

no direct translation

En fin, abrevio: no conseguimos ponernos de acuerdo y el proyecto nunca se llevó a cabo.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, we could not agree and the project was never carried out.

Así que, abreviando, no hiciste la tarea porque no te dio la santísima gana.

So, in short, you didn't do your homework because you just didn't feel like it.