amortiguar

v.

1 to muffle (ruido).

2 to tone down, to muffle.

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amortiguar

Conjugation model [AVERIGUAR], like {{link=averiguar}}averiguar

► verbo transitivo

1 (golpe) to cushion; (dolor) to alleviate, ease, soothe; (ruido) to muffle; (luz) to subdue, dim

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verb

1) to absorb, cushion

2) alleviate

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1. VT

1) [+ ruido] to deaden, muffle; [+ choque] to cushion, absorb; [+ color] to tone down; [+ luz] to dim, soften; [+ fuego] to damp down; (Elec) to damp

2) (fig) (=mitigar) to alleviate

2.

See:

amortiguarse

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verbo transitivo

a) <golpe> to cushion, absorb; <sonido> to muffle; <luz> to dim; <color> to tone down, soften

b) (liter) <dolor> to deaden; <hambre> to take the edge off

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= attenuate, cushion.

Ex. In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.

Ex. The key to cushioning the impact of future reductions is to begin before one is even required to.

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* amortiguar el eco = deaden + echo.

* amortiguar el golpe = soften + the blow.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

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verbo transitivo

a) <golpe> to cushion, absorb; <sonido> to muffle; <luz> to dim; <color> to tone down, soften

b) (liter) <dolor> to deaden; <hambre> to take the edge off

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= attenuate, cushion.

Ex: In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.

Ex: The key to cushioning the impact of future reductions is to begin before one is even required to.

* amortiguar el eco = deaden + echo.

* amortiguar el golpe = soften + the blow.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

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amortiguar [A16 ]

vt

1 ‹golpe› to cushion, absorb

2 ‹sonido› to muffle; ‹luz› to dim

3 ‹color› to tone down, soften

4 (liter); ‹dolor› to deaden; ‹hambre› to take the edge off

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amortiguar (conjugate amortiguar) verbo transitivo ‹golpe› to cushion, absorb;
‹sonido› to muffle
amortiguar vtr (un golpe) to cushion
(un ruido) to muffle
(una luz) to subdue
'amortiguar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ensordecer
English:
absorb
- break
- buffer
- cushion
- deaden
- muffle
- soften

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amortiguar

♦ vt

1. [ruido] to muffle;

[luz] to dim

2. [golpe] to soften, to cushion

3. [color] to tone down

♦ See also the pronominal verb amortiguarse

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amortiguar

v/t impacto cushion; sonido muffle

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amortiguar {10} vt

: to soften (an impact)