minimizar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- belittle verb To speak of someone or something as less important or impressive than it really is, often to show contempt.
- downplay verb To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
- minimize verb To reduce something to the smallest possible amount or size.
- understate verb To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
Senses
minimizar is used for these senses in English:
- belittle (transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]
- downplay (transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
- make light of (idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.
- minimize (transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
- minimize (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
- understate (transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.