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1 soft-pedal
tr[sɒft'pedəl]transitive verb (pt & pp soft-pedalled (|us| soft-pedaled), ger soft-pedalling (|us| soft-pedaling))1 familiar minimizar la importancia de, restar importancia a'sɔːft'pedḷ, ˌsɒft'pedḷ
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BrE - ll- transitive verb (journ) \<\<subject/issue\>\> restarle importancia a, minimizar*
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soft-pedal-pedal vi (journ) tratar de no llamar la atención['sɒft'pedl]VT (esp US) (fig) minimizar la importancia de* * *['sɔːft'pedḷ, ˌsɒft'pedḷ]
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BrE - ll- transitive verb (journ) \<\<subject/issue\>\> restarle importancia a, minimizar*
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soft-pedal-pedal vi (journ) tratar de no llamar la atención -
2 pedal
'pedl
1. noun(a lever worked by the foot, as on a bicycle, piano, organ etc: the brake pedal in a car.) pedal
2. verb(to move (something) by means of pedals: He pedalled (his bicycle) down the road.) pedalearpedal1 n pedalpedal2 vb pedalear
pedal sustantivo masculino pedal;◊ pedal de embrague/de freno clutch/brake pedal;pedal de arranque kickstart
pedal sustantivo masculino
1 (en un mecanismo, instrumento musical) pedal
2 fam (borrachera) tenía un pedal de campeonato, he got wasted ' pedal' also found in these entries: Spanish: acelerador - patín - pedalear English: depress - pedal - push - gas - kick - pedal bin - press - throttle - treadletr['pedəl]1 (gen) pedal nombre masculino1 pedalear1 dar a los pedales de, impulsar pedaleando\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpedal bin cubo de la basura con pedal: pedalearpedal vt: darle a los pedales depedal n: pedal mn.• pedal s.m.v.• pedalear v.'pedḷ
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noun pedal m
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vt darle* a los pedales de['pedl]1.N pedal mloud pedal — (Mus) pedal m fuerte
soft pedal — (Mus) sordina f
2.VI pedalear3.VT [+ bicycle] darle a los pedales de4.CPDpedal (bi)cycle N — bicicleta f a pedales
pedal boat N — = pedalo
* * *['pedḷ]
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noun pedal m
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vt darle* a los pedales de
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soft-pedal — past tense and past participle soft pedalled present participle soft pedalling BrE past tense and past participle soft pedaled present participle soft pedaling AmE v [T] informal to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really … Dictionary of contemporary English
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