downplay

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• /ˈdaʊ̯nˌpleɪ̯/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AW1 N P L EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Synthetic form of the phrase play down. By surface analysis, down- + play.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَلَّلَ (qallala) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Bulgarian: омаловажавам (omalovažavam) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Catalan: empetitir — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Catalan: minimitzar — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Chinese Mandarin: 淡化 (dànhuà) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Czech: bagatelizovat — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Dutch: bagatelliseren — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Dutch: geringschatten — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Dutch: minimaliseren — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Finnish: vähätellä — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Finnish: bagatellisoida — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• French: minimiser — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• German: herunterspielen — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• German: verharmlosen — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• German: kleinreden — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• German: bagatellisieren — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Hebrew: גִמֵּד (giméd) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Hebrew: הִצְנִיעַ (hitsnía) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Italian: minimizzare — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Italian: sminuire — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Japanese: 矮小化する (waishōka suru) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Macedonian: омало́важи (omalóvaži) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Polish: lekceważyć — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Polish: zlekceważyć — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Polish: bagatelizować — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Polish: zbagatelizować — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Polish: bimbać — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Portuguese: minimizar — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Russian: преуменьша́ть (preumenʹšátʹ) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Spanish: minimizar — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Spanish: quitar hierro — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Spanish: quitar importancia — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Spanish: menospreciar — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Swedish: tona ner — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Swedish: tona ned — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Swedish: bagatellisera — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Ukrainian: приме́ншувати (pryménšuvaty) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Ukrainian: приме́ншити (pryménšyty) — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Welsh: bychanu — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
• Welsh: lleihau — to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential