relativizar
verb
1. to put into perspective, to downplay
quitar importancia o presentar algo como no absoluto
Common combinations
- relativizar la importancia — downplay the importance
- relativizar los problemas — put problems into perspective
- relativizar las preocupaciones — put worries into perspective
- No hay que relativizar la gravedad del problema.We must not downplay the seriousness of the problem.
- El tiempo ayuda a relativizar las preocupaciones.Time helps put worries into perspective.
- La experiencia le enseñó a relativizar sus errores.Experience taught him to put his mistakes into perspective.
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