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mitigar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
  • mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.

Senses

mitigar is used for these senses in English:

  • assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
  • mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

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.

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