infravalorar

to undervalue

verb een-frah-bah-loh-RAHR Rare

Also means

to underestimate

Usage Note

Infravalorar means to assign less value or importance to something than it deserves. The seed partOfSpeech is listed as 'adjective', but this is an error: it is a regular -ar verb. The past participle infravalorado functions as an adjective (un trabajo infravalorado – an undervalued job). It is the antonym of sobrevalorar (to overvalue). The reflexive infravalorarse means to sell oneself short.

Examples

"No debes infravalorar tus propias habilidades."

Natural Translation

You should not undervalue your own abilities.

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