English-Spanish translation for "to play down"

 

"to play down" Spanish translation

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to play down {verb}

to play down {vb} (also: to diminish)

relativizar {v.t.}
 

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Usage examples for "to play down" in Spanish

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And this is something that Parliament cannot play down.

Y no podemos minimizarlo en este recinto.

It would be naïve to play down the importance of human rights.

Sería ingenuo desestimar la importancia de los derechos humanos.

I find myself having to play down those difficulties.

Ahora me veo teniendo que quitar importancia a esas dificultades.

That would be to play down the situation and also to underestimate it.

Sería quitar importancia a la situación y también una infravaloración.

No one wants to play down genetic engineering, including me.

Nadie quiere minimizar los peligros de la tecnología genética, yo tampoco.

I do not think that we should play this down in today's debate.

Yo desearía que no quitásemos importancia a este hecho en el debate de hoy.

President Vaclav Klaus's political gesture should not, however, be played down.

Sin embargo, no debemos subestimar el gesto político del Presidente Vaclav Klaus.

Anyone who plays down this conflict of values does Europe a disservice.

Quien quite importancia a este conflicto de valores, hace un flaco favor a Europa.

Mr President, I do not wish to play down the importance of this significant issue.

   Señor Presidente, no quisiera restar importancia a esta cuestión tan significativa.

I did not deny the existence of the gas chambers, nor did I play down their significance.

No he negado la existencia de las cámaras de gas, ni he menospreciado el tema.

The Barcelona results are therefore a major achievement and must not be played down.

Por lo tanto, los resultados alcanzados son unos grandes resultados y no debemos infravalorarlos.

The political leaders of Serbia make light of and play down the tense situation that has developed.

Los dirigentes políticos de Serbia restan importancia a la tensa situación que se ha creado.

It would therefore be as well to play down the age-old disputes between the Turks and the Armenians.

Por lo tanto, es útil desdramatizar las históricas polémicas turco-armenias.

   – Madam President, I should like to play down the Dutch problem that is before us.

   – Señora Presidenta, quisiera restarle importancia al problema neerlandés que tenemos ante nosotros.

Fighting deflation cannot simply be equated to playing down inflation!

¡No se puede equiparar sencillamente la lucha contra la deflación con la desactivación de la inflación!

I do not want to play down the violations of human rights in EU Member States.

No quiero restar importancia a las violaciones de los derechos humanos en los Estados miembros de la UE.

However, it tries to take our mind off our concerns by playing down its powers and general impact.

Sin embargo, intenta restarle importancia, infravalorando sus posibilidades y su repercusión más general.

Consequently, my group will not be supporting the amendments which play down these matters or disguise them.

Mi grupo no respaldará las enmiendas que minimizan o enmascaran estos asuntos.

Because the despiser of democracy, who plays this down, was not even there and did no work on it!

Porque el que desprecia la democracia, que quita importancia al tema, no ha estado presente y no ha trabajado.

If we are to be thorough nor should we play down the territorial dimension of the structural funds.

También en pro del rigor, es esencial que no se desvirtúe la dimensión territorial de los Fondos estructurales.

Similar words

Plato · platonic · platoon · plattelet · platter · platypus · plaudit · plausible · plausibly · play · play-down · playback · player · players · playful · playfulness · playground · playhead · playhouse · playing · playlist

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