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undertone

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)təʊn/ verbo C2

En español: murmurar, hablar en voz baja, restar importancia

  1. To accompany as an undertone.
  2. To say or speak in an undertone.
  3. To present as less important, noticeable or prominent.

He/she/it undertones · Pasado undertoned · Participio pasado undertoned · Forma en -ing undertoning

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Formas del verbo

Forma base
undertone
He/she/it
undertones
Pasado
undertoned
Participio pasado
undertoned
Forma en -ing
undertoning

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Two persons passed near me—allow me to conceal their names for the present; they were speaking in an undertone, and yet I was so interested in what they said that I did not lose a single word.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 937 · C1
“_Un_important, of course, I meant,” the King hastily said, and went on to himself in an undertone,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 92 · B2
“Thou art the master,” said Bagheera in an undertone.
The Jungle Book, p. 25 · B2
Was it my imagination that there was an undertone of fear rather than of hope in the question?
The Valley of Fear, p. 56 · C1

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