Translation of "understate" - English-Portuguese dictionary

understate

verb uk /ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt/ us /-dɚ-/

to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is

minimizar
She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.

(Translation of “understate” from the Cambridge English–Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)