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limitar

[li-mi-TAR]
verb
to limit
1. to set or establish a boundary or restriction on something
The speed limit restricts how fast you can drive.
O limite de velocidade limita a rapidez com que você pode dirigir.
2. to reduce or constrain the extent, amount, or degree of something
We need to limit our expenses this month.
Precisamos limitar nossas despesas este mês.
3. to confine or restrict someone or something within certain bounds
The injury limited his mobility.
A lesão limitou sua mobilidade.
Synonyms
restringircontercircunscreverdelimitarcoibir
Antonyms
ampliarexpandiralargarestenderaumentar

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
limitar
Standard usage across Brazil
Portugal
limitar
Standard usage, identical to Brazilian Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

limitar-se a (to limit oneself to; to confine oneself to)
sem limites (without limits; unlimited)
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