desdramatizar
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /desdɾamatiˈθaɾ/ [d̪ez.ð̞ɾa.ma.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desdɾamatiˈsaɾ/ [d̪ez.ð̞ɾa.ma.t̪iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧dra‧ma‧ti‧zar
Verb
[edit]desdramatizar (first-person singular present desdramatizo, first-person singular preterite desdramaticé, past participle desdramatizado)
- (transitive) to downplay (to portray as unimportant)
- 2015 July 5, “Derecho a fracasar”, in El País[1]:
- Decía el entrenador argentino Marcelo Bielsa que deberíamos desdramatizar la derrota, pues perder es la norma.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desdramatizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desdramatizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10