restar
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verb
to subtract, to reduce, to deduct
to remain
to returnhit the ball back after a serve
Used in the library
- La solución fue restar: quitar el voseo, el seseo marcado, las palabras locales, los diminutivos excesivos, y dejar un esqueleto gramatical que fuera de todos porque no era de nadie.The solution was to subtract: remove the voseo, the marked seseo, the local words, the excessive diminutives, and leave a grammatical skeleton that belonged to everyone because it belonged to no one.C1El español neutro — Neutral Spanish
- El arrendatario podrá desistir del contrato una vez transcurridos seis meses, siempre que lo comunique con una antelación mínima de treinta días, indemnizando a la arrendadora con una mensualidad por cada año que reste por cumplir.The tenant may withdraw from the contract once six months have elapsed, provided that he gives at least thirty days' notice, compensating the landlord with one month's rent for each year remaining.C1Un contrato de alquiler — A rental contract
Other ways to say it
- disminuirto diminish
- permanecerto stay, remain, stand
- quedarto be (as a result of something), to end up; to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings)
- reducirto reduce, to lower, to cut, to scale back; to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices)
- sobrarto be superfluous; to be left over or extra
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