bagatellisera

Swedish

Etymology

bagatell (“triviality”) +‎ -isera (“-ize”)

Verb

bagatellisera (present bagatelliserar, preterite bagatelliserade, supine bagatelliserat, imperative bagatellisera)

1. to trivialize, to downplay, to bagatellize

   bagatellisera allvarliga problem

   trivialize serious problems

Conjugation

Conjugation of bagatellisera (weak)

	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.

Related terms

• bagatellisering

References

• bagatellisera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bagatellisera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bagatellisera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)