Meanings (ES + gloss)
hablar en cristiano • poner en términos simples • simplificar
To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.
atontarse • entontecer • entontecerse
To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.
Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.
The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less)…
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