calmarse

calmarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (persona) to calm down

2 (dolor etc) to abate, ease off

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to calm down

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VPR

1) [persona] to calm down

¡cálmese! — calm down!

2) (Meteo) [viento] to drop; [olas] to calm down

calmarse las aguas —

las aguas se calmarán tras las elecciones — things will quieten down after the elections

3) (Econ) [mercado] to settle down

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(v.) = cool off, subside, take it + easy, chill out, quieten down, wind down

Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare, or riding, if necessary, till things cooled off and the world above became habitable again.

Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.

Ex. The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.

Ex. The author tells us that everyone is in too much of a rush and we should all chill out and savour the passing parade a bit more.

Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.

Ex. Then he started to wind down a bit and I felt like we were moving toward the topic he had been avoiding all week.

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(v.) = cool off, subside, take it + easy, chill out, quieten down, wind down

Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare, or riding, if necessary, till things cooled off and the world above became habitable again.

Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.

Ex: The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.

Ex: The author tells us that everyone is in too much of a rush and we should all chill out and savour the passing parade a bit more.

Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.

Ex: Then he started to wind down a bit and I felt like we were moving toward the topic he had been avoiding all week.

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■calmarse verbo reflexivo
1 (una persona) to calm down: esta tos no se me calma con nada, nothing can relieve my sore throat
2 (dismunir, apaciguarse) to ease off: salimos cuando se calmó la tormenta, we went out when the storm had died down
'calmarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apaciguarse
- calmar
- serenarse
- tranquilizar
English:
blow over
- calm
- cool down
- cool off
- moderate
- pull together
- settle
- settle down
- simmer down
- wear off
- abate
- cool
- die
- ease
- pull
- quieten
- subside

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vpr

1. [persona, ánimos, situación] to calm down, to quieten down

2. [dolor, tempestad] to abate;

[fiebre] to subside; [wind] to die down

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calmarse

v/r calm down

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vr

: to calm down

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calmarse vb to calm down

¡cálmate! calm down!