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Detailed Translations for play down from English to German

play down:

to play down verbe (plays down, played down, playing down)

  1. to play down (trivialize; gloss over; smooth over; trivialise)
    verschleiern; beschönigen; bagatellisieren
    • verschleiern verbe (verschleiere, verschleierst, verschleiert, verschleierte, verschleiertet, verschleiert)
    • beschönigen verbe (beschönige, beschönigst, beschönigt, beschönigte, beschönigtet, beschönigt)
    • bagatellisieren verbe (bagatellisiere, bagatellisierst, bagatellisiert, bagatellisierte, bagatellisiertet, bagatellisiert)
  2. to play down (trivialise; trivialize)
    bagatellisieren
    • bagatellisieren verbe (bagatellisiere, bagatellisierst, bagatellisiert, bagatellisierte, bagatellisiertet, bagatellisiert)

Conjugations for play down:

present
  1. play down
  2. play down
  3. plays down
  4. play down
  5. play down
  6. play down
simple past
  1. played down
  2. played down
  3. played down
  4. played down
  5. played down
  6. played down
present perfect
  1. have played down
  2. have played down
  3. has played down
  4. have played down
  5. have played down
  6. have played down
past continuous
  1. was playing down
  2. were playing down
  3. was playing down
  4. were playing down
  5. were playing down
  6. were playing down
future
  1. shall play down
  2. will play down
  3. will play down
  4. shall play down
  5. will play down
  6. will play down
continuous present
  1. am playing down
  2. are playing down
  3. is playing down
  4. are playing down
  5. are playing down
  6. are playing down
subjunctive
  1. be played down
  2. be played down
  3. be played down
  4. be played down
  5. be played down
  6. be played down
diverse
  1. play down!
  2. let's play down!
  3. played down
  4. playing down
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for play down:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther 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":


Related Definitions for "play down":

  1. understate the importance or quality of1

Wiktionary Translations for play down:

play down
verb
  1. make something seem less important
play down
verb
  1. etwas herunterspielen, von seiner eigentlichen Bedeutung herabsetzen und damit unbedeutend machen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
play down halblang; leiser mettre un bémolatténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses paroles, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse.
play down halblang; leiser mettre une sourdineparler moins fort, atténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses propos, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse.

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