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81 suavizar
• make soaking wet• make soft by soaking• make taunting remarks• make terms• mitigate• mollify• palliate• placate• slicken• soften• subdue -
82 suavizar el tono de
• decrease the tone of• ease the tension of• paint with rosy colors• soften the tone of -
83 abemolar
v.1 to flatten, to mark with a flat, to put into a minor key.El virtuoso abemola la tonada The virtuoso flattens the tune.2 to sweeten, to sugar-coat, to soften, to sugarcoat.Sus palabras abemolan su actitud Her words sweeten his attitude. -
84 ablandecer
v.to soften, to fluff, to fluff up, to make tender. -
85 adulzar
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86 asedar
v.1 to work flax and hemp so as to make it feel like silk (suavizar). (Provincial)2 to make as soft as silk, to soften. -
87 emolir
v.to soften, to mollify. -
88 enllentecer
v.1 to soften, to blandish.2 to mollify. -
89 lenificar
v.1 to lenify, to soften.2 to soothe, to alleviate, to heal, to salve.Lenificamos su dolor We soothed his pain.3 to allay someone's anger, to allay the anger of.Lenificamos a Ricardo We allayed John's anger. -
90 molificar
v.to mollify, to soften, to mitigate. -
91 mollear
v.to grow soft and pliable, to soften or to grow less hard, to yield easily. -
92 relentecer
v.to be softened, to relent and soften by the falling of dew. -
93 sebillo
m.paste made with suet, to soften the bands; kind of soap.
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