calmar — 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.
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- defuse verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
- hush verb To become quiet, or to make someone or something quiet.
- mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- quiet adj Making little or no sound.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
Senses
calmar is used for these senses in English:
- allay (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- assuage (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- calm down (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
- defuse (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
- hush (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
allay — full definition
- verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.