English → Arabic
decrease in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- qallala
- Arabizi
9allal- Type
- verb · masculine
- Root
- ق ل ل
Other meanings
- نَقَصَ naqaṣa — decrecer
How to use it
The verb 'to decrease' can be translated in Arabic as 'قَلَّلَ' (qallala) when you are actively making something smaller (transitive), or 'نَقَصَ' (naqaṣa) when something becomes smaller on its own (intransitive).
Example sentences
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قَلَّلَ الْمُدِيرُ مِنَ الْمَصَارِيفِ.
qallala al-mudīru mina al-maṣārīfi.
The manager decreased the expenses.
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نَقَصَ سِعْرُ السَّهْمِ.
naqaṣa siʿru as-sahmi.
The stock price decreased.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ مِنَ اسْتِهْلاكِ الْوَقودِ.
yajibu an nuqallila mina istihlāki al-waqūdi.
We must decrease fuel consumption.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Decrease expansion level
انقص مستوى التوسيع
He must increase, but I must decrease.
ينبغي ان ذلك يزيد واني انا انقص.
Travel of representatives (decrease: $141,700)
سفر الممثلين (نقصان: 700 141 دولار)
General operating expenses (decrease: $384,700)
مصروفات التشغيل العامة (نقصان: 700 384 دولار)
"I don’t think this result is going to decrease.
"لا أعتقد أن هذه النتائج سوف تتراجع.
Staffing requirements should therefore also decrease.
وعليه، ينبغي أيضا أن ينخفض حجم الاحتياجات من الموظفين.
Salaries and allowances of judges (decrease: $998,400)
مرتبات وبدلات القضاة (نقصان: 400 998 دولار)
Kidnappings and massacres had begun to decrease in 2001.
وبدأت حالات الاختطاف والمذابح في الانخفاض في عام 2001.
Resource requirements (before recosting): decrease of $227,000
الاحتياجات من الموارد (قبل إعادة تقدير التكاليف): نقصان قدره 000 227 دولار
In addition, there has been a decrease in environmental levels, also resulting in a decrease breast-milk levels.
إضافة الي ذلك، فقد حدث انخفاض في المستويات البيئية، مما أدى أيضا إلى انخفاض مستويات حليب الأم.
In Latin America the overall decrease is underlined by a reported decrease in coverage for all types of intervention, most marked for social reintegration.
33- وفي أمريكا اللاتينية حدث انخفاض شامل أكده انخفاض مبلّغ عنه في تغطية كل أنواع التدخل، المخصص معظمها لإعادة الادماج الاجتماعي.
That figure had decreased slightly, however, between 2002 and 2003 for both women (0.5 per cent decrease) and the overall population (1.4 per cent decrease).
ومع ذلك، فقد انخفض هذا المعدل انخفاضا ضئيلا بين عامي 2002 و 2003 لكل من النساء (حيث انخفض بنسبة 0.5 في المائة) وإجمالي السكان (حيث انخفض بنسبة 1.4 في المائة).
Questions and answers
What's the difference between 'qallala' and 'naqaṣa'?
'Qallala' is transitive, meaning you cause something to decrease. 'Naqaṣa' is intransitive, meaning something decreases by itself.
Can 'decrease' also be a noun in Arabic?
Yes, the noun form is 'تَقْلِيل' (taqlīl) for the transitive meaning (a reduction) and 'نُقْصَان' (nuqṣān) for the intransitive meaning (a decrease).
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