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1 apaciguar
v.1 to calm down.2 to soothe, to balm, to hush, to appease.Su voz apaciguó a la bestia His voice soothe the beast.3 to soberize, to make sober, to allay someone's anger, to soberise.Elsa apaciguó a Ricardo Elsa allayed John's anger.* * *1 to pacify, appease, placate, calm down* * *verbto appease, pacify, to calm down* * *1.VT (=tranquilizar) to calm down; [+ manifestantes] to pacify, appease, mollify; (Pol) to appease2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <persona/ánimos> to pacify2.a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo — see if you can pacify him o calm him down
* * *= still, assuage, appease, quieten.Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex. They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.Ex. Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.----* apaciguarse = quieten down, abate, mellow.* * *1.verbo transitivo <persona/ánimos> to pacify2.a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo — see if you can pacify him o calm him down
* * *= still, assuage, appease, quieten.Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.Ex: Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.* apaciguarse = quieten down, abate, mellow.* * *vt‹persona› to pacifyeste gesto apaciguó los ánimos de los manifestantes this gesture pacified o mollified o placated the demonstratorsestá furioso, a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo he's furious, see if you can pacify him o calm him downlos apaciguaron con la promesa de volver a investigar el caso they pacified o placated o appeased them by promising to reopen the case1 «persona» to calm downsus encuentros se han ido apaciguando their encounters have become more peaceful o more relaxed o less fraught2 «mar» to become calm; «temporal/viento» to abate, die down* * *
apaciguar ( conjugate apaciguar) verbo transitivo ‹ ánimos› to pacify;
‹ persona› to calm … down, to pacify
apaciguarse verbo pronominal [ persona] to calm down;
[ mar] to become calm;
[temporal/viento] to abate, die down
apaciguar vtr (calmar) to pacify, appease
' apaciguar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amansar
- ánimo
- tranquilizar
English:
appease
- assuage
- placate
- pacify
* * *♦ vt1. [persona] to calm down;su discurso apaciguó los ánimos de la gente his speech calmed people down;no consiguieron apaciguar su ira they were unable to calm her anger2. [dolor] to soothe* * *v/t pacify, calm down* * *apaciguar {10} vtaplacar: to appease, to pacify* * *apaciguar vb to calm down
См. также в других словарях:
Mahatma Gandhi — «Gandhi» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase Gandhi (desambiguación). Mahatma Gandhi … Wikipedia Español
