C1verb
édulcorer
to water down, to tone down
« Le texte final a été édulcoré pour ménager les susceptibilités. »
“The final text was watered down to spare sensitivities.”
In other languages
- Spanish edulcorar, suavizar
- Portuguese edulcorar, suavizar
- German verwässern, beschönigen
- Italian edulcorare, addolcire
- Arabic يُلطّف، يُميّع
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