pacificar

v.

1 to pacify.

Ella serena su alma She soothes his soul.

2 to calm.

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pacificar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to pacify

2 (calmar) to appease

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1. VT

1) (Mil) to pacify

2) (=calmar) to calm; (=apaciguar) to appease

3) (=reconciliar) to bring together, reconcile

2.

See:

pacificarse

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1.

verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml); (calmar) to pacify, appease

pacificar los ánimos — to calm people down

2.

pacificarse v pron viento to abate; mar to become calm

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= lull, still, appease.

Ex. Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.

Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex. They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.

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1.

verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml); (calmar) to pacify, appease

pacificar los ánimos — to calm people down

2.

pacificarse v pron viento to abate; mar to become calm

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= lull, still, appease.

Ex: Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.

Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.

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pacificar [A2 ]

vt

1 (mediante la fuerza) to pacify (frml)

enviaron tropas para pacificar la isla they sent troops to restore peace to the island o to pacify the island

2 (serenar, calmar) to pacify, appease

pacificar los ánimos to calm people down

■ pacificarse

v pron

«viento» to abate; «mar» to become calm

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pacificar (conjugate pacificar) verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml);
(calmar) to pacify, appease;

◊ pacificar los ánimos to calm people down

pacificar verbo transitivo
1 (una zona en conflicto, etc) to pacify
2 (los ánimos, personas) to appease, calm

'pacificar' also found in these entries:
English:
pacify

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pacificar

♦ vt

1. [país] to pacify

2. [calmar] to calm, to appease;

hicieron un esfuerzo por pacificar a los ánimos they attempted to calm people down;

una serie de resoluciones encaminadas a pacificar a la oposición a series of resolutions designed to appease the opposition

♦ See also the pronominal verb pacificarse

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pacificar

v/t pacify

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pacificar {72} vt

: to pacify, to calm

♦ See also the reflexive verb pacificarse