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acalmar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • defuse verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
  • mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • quiet adj Making little or no sound.
  • reassure verb To restore someone's confidence by removing their doubts or fears.
  • soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.

Senses

acalmar is used for these senses in English:

  • assuage (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
  • calm (transitive) To make calm.
  • calm down (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
  • defuse (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
  • mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • quiet (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
  • reassure (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
  • soothe (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.

assuage — full definition

  1. verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
  2. verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.

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