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aliviar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  • alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
  • assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
  • dull adj Boring; lacking interest or excitement.
  • ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  • lighten verb To make or become brighter.
  • mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • numb adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
  • relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
  • soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.

Senses

aliviar is used for these senses in English:

  • allay (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
  • alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
  • assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
  • dull (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  • ease (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
  • lighten (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
  • mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • numb (transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

allay — full definition

  1. verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  2. verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
  3. verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

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