Synthetic formof the phraseplay down.Bysurface analysis,down-+play.
downplay(third-person singular simple presentdownplays,present participledownplaying,simple past and past participledownplayed)
- (transitive)Tode-emphasize;to present or portray as lessimportantorconsequential.
He would sometimesdownplayhis Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
- The synonymous alternative formplay downis slightly more formal, or slightly less informal.
to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
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- Arabic:قَلَّلَ(qallala)
- Bulgarian:омаловажавам(bg)(omalovažavam)
- Catalan:empetitir(ca),minimitzar(ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:Làm nhạt(zh)(dànhuà)
- Czech:bagatelizovat(cs)impf
- Dutch:bagatelliseren(nl),geringschatten(nl),minimaliseren(nl)
- Finnish:vähätellä(fi),bagatellisoida(fi)
- French:minimiser(fr)
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- German:herunterspielen(de),verharmlosen(de),kleinreden(de),bagatellisieren(de)
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- Hebrew:גִמֵּד(he)(giméd),הִצְנִיעַ(hitsnía)
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- Italian:minimizzare(it),sminuire(it)
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- Macedonian:омало́важи(omalóvaži)
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- Polish:lekceważyć(pl)impf,zlekceważyć(pl)pf,bagatelizować(pl)impf,zbagatelizować(pl)pf,bimbać(pl)impf(colloquial)
- Portuguese:minimizar(pt)
- Russian:преуменьша́ть(ru)(preumenʹšátʹ)
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- Spanish:minimizar(es),quitar hierro(es)
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- Ukrainian:приме́ншуватиimpf(pryménšuvaty),приме́ншитиpf(pryménšyty)
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