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to lessen in Welsh

cwtogi

to lessen

Additional definitions

  • to curtail
  • to shorten
  • to contract

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A hoffwn eich atgoffa mai eich plaid chi yw'r unig blaid mewn Llywodraeth yn fy mywyd i sydd erioed wedi cwtogi cyllideb y GIG.

And I would like to remind you that your party is the only party in Government in my lifetime to have ever actually cut an NHS budget.C1

Rydym ni wedi gweld ein gwasanaethau bws yn cael eu cwtogi nes fo fawr ddim ar ôl ac felly mae'n rhaid i ni wneud rhywbeth.

We've seen our bus services sliced to the bone and so we have to do something.C1

Mae gwasanaethau bws y mae'r henoed a'r bregus yn dibynnu arnyn nhw i gael mynediad at ysbytai, siopau a banciau yn cael eu cwtogi oherwydd y gost uchel o redeg y gwasanaethau hyn.

Bus services that the elderly and vulnerable rely on to access hospitals, shops and banks are being withdrawn due to the high cost of running these services.C1

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You may also meet these forms of cwtogi in a sentence.

Base form
cwtogi
Treiglad Meddal
gwtogi
Treiglad Trwynol
nghwtogi
Treiglad Llaes
chwtogi
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