Vocabulary: El arte de la subestimación y las lítotes en inglés

Spanish · C2 · Lesson 1 · 20 words

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disminuir

verb

diminish

matizado

adj

nuanced

sutileza

noun

subtlety

subestimación

noun

understatement

desviar

verb

deflect

subestimar

verb

understate

sardónico

adj

sardonic

autodeprecativo

adj

self-deprecating

circunlocución

noun

circumlocution

minimizar

verb

downplay

lítotes

noun

litotes

meíosis

noun

meiosis

eufemístico

adj

euphemistic

contenido

adj

restrained

irónico

adj

ironic

modestia

noun

modesty

minimización

noun

minimization

retórico

adj

rhetorical

oblicuo

adj

oblique

taciturnio

adj

taciturn