Taper

Spanish Meaning

afilar

afilarse

ahusar

ahusarse

rematar en cinta

bujía

cerilla

cirio

disminución gradual

English Meaning

  1. A small or very slender candle.
  2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
  3. A source of feeble light.
  4. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
  5. A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
  6. To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
  7. To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.
  8. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
  9. To make smaller gradually.
  10. Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.