📉understate (ándersteit)

verb
/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/
minimizar (minimizar)

Meaning

To describe something as being less important or serious than it really is.
Traducción del significado
Describir algo como menos importante o serio de lo que realmente es.
Describir algo como menos importante o serio de lo que realmente es.

Oraciones de ejemplo

He tends to understate his achievements.

Él tiende a restar importancia a sus logros.
Él tiende a restar importancia a sus logros.

Synonyms

downplay, minimize, diminish, belittle

Antonyms

exaggerate, overstate

Colocaciones

understate the case, understate the importance, understate the problem

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