empetitir

From en- +‎ petit +‎ -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pə.tiˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.pe.tiˈtiɾ]

empetitir (first-person singular present empetiteixo, first-person singular preterite empetití, past participle empetitit)

1. (transitive) to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink
2. (intransitive, pronominal) to grow smaller, to shrink
3. (figurative, transitive) to trivialize, to downplay

• (make/become smaller): enxiquir
• (downplay): minimitzar

• empetitiment

• “empetitir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.