Summary
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- play down:
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Wiktionary:
- play down → mettre un bémol, mettre une sourdine
English
Detailed Translations for play down from English to French
play down:
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to play down (trivialize; gloss over; smooth over; trivialise)
pallier; minimiser; excuser-
pallier verb (pallie, pallies, pallions, palliez, pallient, palliais, palliait, palliions, palliiez, palliaient, palliai, pallias, pallia, palliâmes, palliâtes, pallièrent, pallierai, pallieras, palliera, pallierons, pallierez, pallieront)
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minimiser verb (minimise, minimises, minimisons, minimisez, minimisent, minimisais, minimisait, minimisions, minimisiez, minimisaient, minimisai, minimisas, minimisa, minimisâmes, minimisâtes, minimisèrent, minimiserai, minimiseras, minimisera, minimiserons, minimiserez, minimiseront)
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excuser verb (excuse, excuses, excusons, excusez, excusent, excusais, excusait, excusions, excusiez, excusaient, excusai, excusas, excusa, excusâmes, excusâtes, excusèrent, excuserai, excuseras, excusera, excuserons, excuserez, excuseront)
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to play down (trivialise; trivialize)
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 |
| excuser | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | answer for; excuse; explain away; extenuate; forgive; give away; justify; misdeal; palliate; pardon; smooth over |
| minimiser | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | crop; decrease; diminish; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; shrink; trim |
| minorer | play down; trivialise; trivialize | |
| pallier | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize | camouflage; disguise; dissemble; veil |
| - | background; downplay |
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Antonyms for "play down":
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Wiktionary Translations for play down:
play down
verb
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atténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses paroles, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse.
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parler moins fort, atténuer une affirmation, tempérer ses propos, réduire ses exigences, revoir à la baisse.