banaliser
/ba.na.li.ze/ verb C1- to banalise
- to downplay, normalize, trivialize; to dismiss something unusual and serious as commonplace · L'accusé a reconnu ses gestes mais les a banalisés, disant que tout le monde agissait ainsi. The accused acknowledged his actions but downplayed them, saying that everyone behaved that way.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- banaliser
- Present participle
- banalisant
- Past participle
- banalisé
- Present (je)
- banalise
- Future (je)
- banaliserai
- Passé composé (je)
- ai banalisé
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