German-English translation for "abspecken"

"abspecken" English translation

abspecken
intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i <trennbar | separabletrennb; -ge-; h>

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lose weight, shed a few pounds shrink
  • lose weight
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    shed a few pounds
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
  • shrink
    abspecken kleiner werden figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    abspecken kleiner werden figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
abspecken
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t

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lose, shed scale down, slim down
  • lose
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    shed
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    abspecken abnehmen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
  • scale down
    abspecken reduzieren: Haushalt, Projekt
    slim down
    abspecken reduzieren: Haushalt, Projekt
    abspecken reduzieren: Haushalt, Projekt
examples
  • eine abgespeckte Version (des Programms)
    a slimmed (oder | orod scaled) down version (of the program)
    eine abgespeckte Version (des Programms)

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