Summary
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- play down:
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Wiktionary:
- play down → herunterspielen, kleinreden
- play down → halblang, leiser
English
Detailed Translations for play down from English to German
play down:
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to play down (trivialize; gloss over; smooth over; trivialise)
verschleiern; beschönigen; bagatellisieren-
verschleiern verbe (verschleiere, verschleierst, verschleiert, verschleierte, verschleiertet, verschleiert)
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bagatellisieren verbe (bagatellisiere, bagatellisierst, bagatellisiert, bagatellisierte, bagatellisiertet, bagatellisiert)
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to play down (trivialise; trivialize)
bagatellisieren-
bagatellisieren verbe (bagatellisiere, bagatellisierst, bagatellisiert, bagatellisierte, bagatellisiertet, bagatellisiert)
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Conjugations for play down:
present
- play down
- play down
- plays down
- play down
- play down
- play down
simple past
- played down
- played down
- played down
- played down
- played down
- played down
present perfect
- have played down
- have played down
- has played down
- have played down
- have played down
- have played down
past continuous
- was playing down
- were playing down
- was playing down
- were playing down
- were playing down
- were playing down
future
- shall play down
- will play down
- will play down
- shall play down
- will play down
- will play down
continuous present
- am playing down
- are playing down
- is playing down
- are playing down
- are playing down
- are playing down
subjunctive
- be played down
- be played down
- be played down
- be played down
- be played down
- be played down
diverse
- play down!
- let's play down!
- played down
- playing down
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they
Translation Matrix for play down:
| Verb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| bagatellisieren | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | |
| beschönigen | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | excuse; extenuate; palliate; smooth over |
| verschleiern | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | blur; camouflage; conceal; cover; disguise; dissemble; envelop; hide; hush up; mantle; mask; shroud; swathe; veil; wrap |
| - | background; downplay |
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Antonyms for "play down":
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Wiktionary Translations for play down:
play down
Cross Translation:
verb
play down
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make something seem less important
- play down → herunterspielen; kleinreden
verb
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etwas herunterspielen, von seiner eigentlichen Bedeutung herabsetzen und damit unbedeutend machen
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
|---|---|---|
| • play down | → halblang; leiser | ↔ mettre un bémol — atténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses paroles, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse. |
| • play down | → halblang; leiser | ↔ mettre une sourdine — parler moins fort, atténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses propos, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse. |