bagatellisera
Swedish
Etymology
bagatell (“triviality”) + -isera (“-ize”)
Verb
bagatellisera (present bagatelliserar, preterite bagatelliserade, supine bagatelliserat, imperative bagatellisera)
- to trivialize, to downplay, to bagatellize
- bagatellisera allvarliga problem
- trivialize serious problems
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bagatellisera | bagatelliseras | ||
| supine | bagatelliserat | bagatelliserats | ||
| imperative | bagatellisera | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bagatelliseren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bagatelliserar | bagatelliserade | bagatelliseras | bagatelliserades |
| ind. plural1 | bagatellisera | bagatelliserade | bagatelliseras | bagatelliserades |
| subjunctive2 | bagatellisere | bagatelliserade | bagatelliseres | bagatelliserades |
| present participle | bagatelliserande | |||
| past participle | bagatelliserad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.