From French concentrer
concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates present participle concentrating simple past and past participle concentrated
( transitive , intransitive ) center ; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
to concentrate rays of light into a focus to concentrate the attention To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense .
Antonym: dilute to concentrate acid by evaporation to concentrate by washing
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate .
Population tends to concentrate in cities.
2006 Edwin Black , chapter 2, in Internal Combustion [1] Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
( intransitive ) focus one's thought or attention (on).
Let me concentrate !
1962 Modern Railways , page 252 :The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
bring to, or direct toward, a common center
Afrikaans: konsentreer (af)
Arabic: رَكَّزَ ( rakkaza )
Armenian: կենտրոնացնել (hy) ( kentronacʻnel )
Bulgarian: концентрирам (bg) ( koncentriram ) , насочвам към общ център ( nasočvam kǎm obšt centǎr )
Catalan: concentrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集中 (zh) ( jízhōng )
Czech: soustředit (cs)
Dutch: concentreren (nl)
Esperanto: koncentri (eo)
Finnish: ( transitive ) keskittää (fi) , ( intransitive ) keskittyä (fi)
French: concentrer (fr)
Galician: concentrar (gl)
German: konzentrieren (de) , sich konzentrieren
Irish: cuimsigh
Italian: concentrare (it)
Japanese: 集中させる (ja) ( しゅうちゅうさせる, shūchū saseru )
Latin: animadverto (la)
Maori: āta whakaaro ( of thinking ) , arotahi
Polish: skupiać (pl) impf skupić (pl) pf koncentrować (pl) impf skoncentrować (pl) pf ogniskować impf zogniskować pf ześrodkować pf ześrodkowywać impf
Portuguese: concentrar (pt)
Russian: концентри́ровать (ru) impf ( koncentrírovatʹ ) , сконцентри́ровать (ru) pf ( skoncentrírovatʹ ) , сосредото́чивать (ru) impf ( sosredotóčivatʹ ) , сосредото́чить (ru) pf ( sosredotóčitʹ )
Spanish: concentrar (es)
Swedish: koncentrera (sv)
Ukrainian: концентрува́ти impf ( koncentruváty ) , сконцентрува́ти pf ( skoncentruváty ) , зосере́джувати impf ( zoserédžuvaty ) , зосере́дити pf ( zoserédyty )
Yiddish: קאָנצענטרירן ( kontsentrirn )
increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
Afrikaans: konsentreer (af)
Armenian: խտացնել (hy) ( xtacʻnel )
Bulgarian: концентрирам (bg) ( koncentriram )
Catalan: concentrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 濃縮 ／ 浓缩 (zh) ( nóngsuō )
Czech: koncentrovat
Dutch: concentreren (nl)
Esperanto: koncentri (eo)
Finnish: ( liquid ) väkevöidä ( ore ) rikastaa (fi)
French: concentrer (fr)
Galician: concentrar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: konzentrieren (de)
Irish: tiubhaigh dlúthaigh
Italian: concentrare (it)
Japanese: 凝縮する (ja) ( ぎょうしゅくする, gyōshuku suru ) , 凝縮させる (ja) ( ぎょうしゅくさせる, gyōshuku saseru )
Khmer: រំងាស់ (km) ( rumngŏəh ) ( liquid, especially food )
Maori: whakakukū ( refers only to a liquid )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zatężać impf zatężyć pf stężać impf stężyć pf zagęszczać (pl) impf zagęścić (pl) pf
Portuguese: concentrar (pt)
Russian: концентри́ровать (ru) impf ( koncentrírovatʹ ) , сконцентри́ровать (ru) pf ( skoncentrírovatʹ )
Spanish: concentrar (es)
Swedish: koncentrera (sv)
Tagalog: palaputin
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: cô (vi)
approach or meet in a common center
Afrikaans: konsentreer (af)
Bulgarian: съсредоточавам (bg) ( sǎsredotočavam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集中 (zh) ( jízhōng )
Czech: soustředit se (cs)
Dutch: concentreren (nl)
Finnish: keskittyä (fi)
German: sich konzentrieren (de)
Irish: comhchruinnigh
Italian: concentrarsi (it) , incentrare (it)
Japanese: 集中する (ja) ( しゅうちゅうする, shūchū suru )
Polish: skupiać się (pl) impf skupić się (pl) pf koncentrować się (pl) impf skoncentrować się (pl) pf zbierać się (pl) impf zebrać się (pl) pf
Portuguese: concentrar-se (pt)
Russian: концентри́ровать (ru) impf ( koncentrírovatʹ ) , сконцентри́ровать (ru) pf ( skoncentrírovatʹ ) , сосредото́чивать (ru) impf ( sosredotóčivatʹ ) , сосредото́чить (ru) pf ( sosredotóčitʹ )
Spanish: concentrarse (es)
focus one's thought or attention
Afrikaans: konsentreer (af)
Arabic: رَكَّزَ ( rakkaza ) , تَرَكَّزَ ( tarakkaza )
Armenian: կենտրոնանալ (hy) ( kentronanal )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集中 (zh) ( jízhōng )
Cornish: keskreuni
Dutch: concentreren (nl)
Esperanto: koncentri sin ( figurative ) , koncentriĝi
Estonian: keskenduma
Finnish: keskittyä (fi)
French: se concentrer (fr)
Galician: concentrarse
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sich konzentrieren (de)
Greek: συγκεντρώνομαι (el) ( sygkentrónomai )
Hawaiian: noʻonoʻo pono
Hebrew: התרכז (he) ( hitrakéz )
Icelandic: einbeita sér
Irish: d'aire a dhíriú , d'aird a dhíriú
Italian: focalizzare (it) , puntare (it)
Japanese: 集中する (ja) ( しゅうちゅうする, shūchū-suru )
Khmer: ប្រមូលអារម្មណ៍ ( prɑmoul ʼaarɑm )
Korean: 집중하다 (ko) ( jipjunghada )
Latin: animadverto (la)
Maori: arotahi whakahihiwa whakaarorangi
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: skupić się (pl) pf skupiać się (pl) impf koncentrować się (pl) impf skoncentrować się (pl) pf
Portuguese: concentrar-se (pt)
Russian: концентри́роваться (ru) impf ( koncentrírovatʹsja ) , сконцентри́роваться (ru) pf ( skoncentrírovatʹsja ) , сосредото́чиваться (ru) impf ( sosredotóčivatʹsja ) , сосредото́читься (ru) pf ( sosredotóčitʹsja )
Spanish: concentrarse (es)
Swedish: koncentrera sig
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: konsantre olmak (tr)
Ukrainian: зосереджуватися ( zoseredžuvatysja ) , концентруватися ( koncentruvatysja )
Vietnamese: tập trung (vi)
Yiddish: זיך קאָנצענטרירן ( zikh kontsentrirn )
Translations to be checked
concentrate (plural concentrates
A substance that is in a condensed form.
orange concentrate
