How is the word hafife alma translated from Turkish to English

English translation
Understatement
noun

Bir şeyi olduğundan daha az göstererek anlatma.

Saying less than the truth about something.

Examples with “hafife alma”

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  • Buna büyük demek hafife almaktır. — Calling it big is an understatement.

  • Bu yılın en büyük hafife alması. — That was the understatement of the year.

  • Bu biraz hafife alma değil miydi? — Wasn't that a bit of an understatement?

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