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"to play down" in Spanish
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"to play down" in Spanish
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to play down(also: to diminish)
The industry is doing its utmost to play down the impact of pesticides.
La industria se afana por minimizar el impacto de los plaguicidas.
No one wants to play down genetic engineering, including me.
Nadie quiere minimizar los peligros de la tecnología genética, yo tampoco.
they tried to play down the seriousness of the situation
intentaron minimizar la gravedad de la situación
to play down
quitarle importancia a
to play down
restarle importancia a
We must not play down what has happened; we must not hide behind the comforting argument that the European Community has faced other crises and come through them successfully.
No debemos restarle importancia a lo que ha ocurrido, no podemos escondernos tras el motivo reconfortante de que la Comunidad Europea se estaba enfrentado a otras crisis y que las ha superado.
The industry is doing its utmost to play down the impact of pesticides.
La industria se afana por minimizar el impacto de los plaguicidas.
No one wants to play down genetic engineering, including me.
Nadie quiere minimizar los peligros de la tecnología genética, yo tampoco.
they tried to play down the seriousness of the situation
intentaron minimizar la gravedad de la situación
SIMILAR TRANSLATIONS
Similar translations for "to play down" in Spanish
to playverb
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CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "to play down" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
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.
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 believe we often play down the achievement that Europe has attained.
Creo que a menudo restamos importancia al logro que Europa ha alcanzado.
That would be to play down the situation and also to underestimate it.
Sería quitar importancia a la situación y también una infravaloración.
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.
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.
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.
– 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.
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 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.
We must not play down the scale of the phenomenon either.
Tampoco debemos quitar importancia a la escala del fenómeno.
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.
they tried to play down the seriousness of the situation
intentaron minimizar la gravedad de la situación
I am shocked when intellectuals and policy-makers continue to deny or play down the advent of Islamic extremism.
Para muchas naciones europeas, su muy codiciada libertad llegó cincuenta años después del 8 de mayo de 1945.
And this is something that Parliament cannot play down.
Y no podemos minimizarlo en este recinto.
Rhetoric, he said, is an special oratorical skill which makes it possible to build up what is small and to play down what is great.
La retórica, decía, es un arte oratoria excepcional que permite agrandar lo pequeño y empequeñecer lo grande.
he tried to play the matter down
trataba de quitarle importancia al asunto
The question arises as to whether it really is in Europe's interest to resort to language of this kind to play down the current split.
La pregunta es si beneficia realmente a Europa recurrir a este lenguaje estereotipado para disimular el cisma actual.
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