subestimar

From sub- +‎ estimar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) ,

subestimar (first-person singular present subestimo, first-person singular preterite subestimí, past participle subestimat)

1. to underestimate

   Synonym: menysvalorar

   Antonym: sobreestimar

• “subestimar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “subestimar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “subestimar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “subestimar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From sub- +‎ estimar.

subestimar (first-person singular present subestimo, first-person singular preterite subestimei, past participle subestimado)

1. (transitive) to underestimate

• “subestimar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• Hyphenation: su‧bes‧ti‧mar

subestimar (first-person singular present subestimo, first-person singular preterite subestimei, past participle subestimado)

1. (transitive) to underestimate (to perceive as having lower value or capabilities)

   Synonyms: menosprezar, fazer pouco

   Antonym: sobrestimar

From sub- +‎ estimar.

• IPA^(key): /subestiˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: su‧bes‧ti‧mar

subestimar (first-person singular present subestimo, first-person singular preterite subestimé, past participle subestimado)

1. to underestimate

   Synonym: menospreciar

2. to underrate
3. to understate
4. (reflexive) to sell oneself short, to underrate, to be understated

   No se puede subestimar su importancia.

   Its importance cannot be understated.

• sobrestimar

• “subestimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28