Spanish › DictionaryreducciónC1#8,557Hear itnounfemininereductionin Spanish America, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous populationFormsnounsingularreducciónpluralreduccionesUsed in the librarySe los llamó reducciones, porque la idea era reducir a la gente a vivir en pueblos.They were called reductions, because the idea was to reduce people to living in towns.B1Las misiones jesuíticas guaraníes — The Guaraní Jesuit MissionsOther ways to say itrebajasale (a selling of goods at reduced prices); reductionRead Spanish with every word explained