No. 853 in Croatian
smanjiti
To reduce.
In a sentence
Moramo smanjiti količinu šećera u prehrani.
We need to reduce the amount of sugar in our diet.
Here, 'smanjiti' is used in the context of decreasing or limiting the quantity of something, such as sugar in a diet.
Zvuk u sobi je preglasan; možeš li smanjiti glasnoću?
The sound in the room is too loud; can you lower the volume?
'Smanjiti' in this sentence refers to lowering or reducing the intensity or level of sound.
Da bismo uštedjeli energiju, trebali bismo smanjiti grijanje kad nismo kod kuće.
To save energy, we should lower the heating when we are not home.
Here, the word 'smanjiti' is used to denote reducing the setting or level of heating to save resources.
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