downplay

down·play  (dounpl)

tr.v. down·played, down·play·ing, down·plays

To minimize the significance of; play down: downplayed the bad news.

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downplay [ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ]

vb

(tr) to play down; make little of

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	downplay - represent as less significant or important minimise, understate, minimize inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" trivialise, trivialize - make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
	2.	downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" background, play down wave off - dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety" soft-pedal - play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder" accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

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downplay

verb soft-pedal, play down The government are trying to downplay the violence which broke out yesterday.

Translations

downplay [ˈdaʊnˈpleɪ] VT → quitar importancia a, restar importancia a

downplay [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ] vt (= play down) [+ fact, feature] → minimiser; [+ importance] → minimiser

downplay [ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ] vt (Am) → minimizzare