bagatellizál

Hungarian

Etymology

From German bagatellisieren + -izál.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒɡɒtɛlːizaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧tel‧li‧zál

Verb

bagatellizál

  1. (transitive) to play down, make light of, trivialize, belittle, denigrate, depreciate (to make or attempt to make something seem less important)
    Synonyms: lebecsül, lekicsinyell, félvállról vesz

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • bagatellizálás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elbagatellizál

See also

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
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