Dismiss someones argument.

Question

Hi all,

I¨m trying to figure out the best way to say ¨dismiss someones argument¨.

I mean it in the sense of to reject or diminish their position or opinion.

Note, I´m not trying to figure out how to reject someones argument, just trying to figure out how one refers to that act

Verbs that look like candidates include ¨descartar¨ and ¨rechazar¨ and ¨rebatir¨

Nouns I thought of include ¨argumento¨, razonamiento, and ¨opinión¨

I could probably use about any combination and have it be understood, but I was hoping maybe someone could point me to a ¨frasa hecha¨ or at least some fairly standard way to say this, even if it doesn´t end up involving any of my wording above.

Thanks! Roger

As always, good question. - annierats, May 28, 2013

Just found your "apostrophe"...lol - for "someone's"...seems to have drifted off! - cristalino, May 31, 2013

Answer 1

How about "hacer caso omiso al argumento -o- la opinión de alguien?" [Gracias, aileribel]

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Just kicking the can here!

Like me.. - annierats, May 28, 2013

omiso al argumento... This is a good one. :) - aileribel, May 28, 2013

Answer 2

Aquí en España podrías decir:

Le rebatí todos sus argumentos.

Le desmonté todos sus argumentos.

Refutar

Discutí sus argumentos

Gracias, Respuesta excelente. - annierats, May 28, 2013

Answer 3

You might say Aplastar la argumenta de otra persona, or you could replace aplastar by castigar.

Argumentación* - ReinierH, May 28, 2013

Answer 4

No me importa qué dijo usted.

No vale la pena a contesto.

Sorry if the grammer is not correct.

Grammar, mate, grammar. - annierats, May 28, 2013

Ayudarme por favor. - 00551866, May 28, 2013

Answer 5

Un argumento para rebatir?

Answer 6

Hola a todos y muchas gracias por la ayuda.

I have a bunch to absorb there, but am very glad of it.

muchísimas gracias.

Answer 7

I think you have a Memrise, right?

Here is a cool course on Spanish argument vocab: Argument Vocab.

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Más o menos todas las sugerencias han estado bien.

Los único que contestaron a la segunda parte (diminish) fueron cristalino y Andreknue.

To me in this case, rechazar = dissmiss and aminorar = lessen/diminish

Answer 9

Desestimar tu posición, opinión o punto de vista.

Descartar tu posición, opinión o punto de vista.

Obviar tu posición, opinión o punto de vista.

Hacer caso omiso tu posición, opinión o punto de vista.

Ignorar tu posición, opinión o punto de vista.

Answer 10

They trivialized my argument , like I was some kind of an idiot. Trivializaron mi argumento, como era una especie de idiota.