subestimar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- take for granted verb phrase To stop appreciating someone or something because you assume they will always be there and always do the same for you.
- underestimate verb To judge something to be smaller, less important, or less difficult than it actually is.
Senses
subestimar is used for these senses in English:
- take for granted (transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.
- underestimate (transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
take for granted — full definition
- verb phrase To stop appreciating someone or something because you assume they will always be there and always do the same for you.
- verb phrase To accept that something is true or certain without questioning or checking it.
underestimate — full definition
- verb To judge something to be smaller, less important, or less difficult than it actually is.
- noun An estimate that turns out to be too low.