“Understatement” in 38 languages

How do you say “understatement” in other languages? Here is “understatement” translated into 38 languages, with a link to example sentences for each one.

LanguageTranslationUsage examples
French euphémisme Understatement in French
Hindi परदा डालना Understatement in Hindi
Arabic تصريح مكبوح Understatement in Arabic
Korean 과소 평가 Understatement in Korean
German Understatement Understatement in German
Spanish atenuación Understatement in Spanish
Portuguese Subavaliação Understatement in Portuguese
Italian attenuazione Understatement in Italian
Russian занижение Understatement in Russian
Japanese 控えめな Understatement in Japanese
Chinese 轻描淡写 Understatement in Chinese
Polish-language niedomówienie Understatement in Polish
Dutch understatement Understatement in Dutch
Swedish underskattning Understatement in Swedish
Danish underdrivelse Understatement in Danish
Finnish vähätelmä Understatement in Finnish
Greek υποτίμηση Understatement in Greek
Czech Podhodnocení Understatement in Czech
Romanian afirmație modestă Understatement in Romanian
Slovak zdržanlivé vyjadrenie Understatement in Slovak
Bulgarian омаловажаване Understatement in Bulgarian
Slovene podcenjevanje Understatement in Slovene
Lithuanian sumenkinimas Understatement in Lithuanian
Latvian nepietiekams novērtējums Understatement in Latvian
Estonian alahindamine Understatement in Estonian
Turkish hafife Understatement in Turkish language
Indonesian Meremehkan Understatement in Indonesian
Bengali ন্যূনোক্তি Understatement in Bengali
Ukrainian заниження Understatement in Ukrainian
Catalan atenuació Understatement in Catalan
Croatian nepotpuno izražavanje Understatement in Croatian
Hungarian kifejezés Understatement in Hungarian
Persian کتمان حقیقت Understatement in Persian
Macedonian потценување Understatement in Macedonian
Norwegian underdrivelse Understatement in Norwegian
Serbian непотпуно изражавање Understatement in Serbian
Bosnian podcjenjivanje Understatement in Bosnian

Popular words

understate understanding understandable understand underside undershoot understudy undertake undertake an activity undertake research undertake task undertake work

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