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.

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apaciguar

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

► verbo transitivo

1 to pacify, appease, placate, calm down

► verbo pronominal apaciguarse

1 (persona) to calm down; (tormenta) to abate; (mar) to become calm

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verb

to appease, pacify, to calm down

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1.

VT (=tranquilizar) to calm down; [+ manifestantes] to pacify, appease, mollify; (Pol) to appease

2.

See:

apaciguarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <persona/ánimos> to pacify

a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo — see if you can pacify him o calm him down

2.

apaciguarse v pron persona to calm down; mar to become calm; temporal/viento to abate, die down

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= 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.

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* apaciguarse = quieten down, abate, mellow.

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1.

verbo transitivo <persona/ánimos> to pacify

a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo — see if you can pacify him o calm him down

2.

apaciguarse v pron persona to calm down; mar to become calm; temporal/viento to abate, die down

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= 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.

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apaciguar [A16 ]

vt

‹persona› to pacify

este gesto apaciguó los ánimos de los manifestantes this gesture pacified o mollified o placated the demonstrators

está furioso, a ver si tú puedes apaciguarlo he's furious, see if you can pacify him o calm him down

los apaciguaron con la promesa de volver a investigar el caso they pacified o placated o appeased them by promising to reopen the case

■ apaciguarse

v pron

1 «persona» to calm down

sus encuentros se han ido apaciguando their encounters have become more peaceful o more relaxed o less fraught

2 «mar» to become calm; «temporal/viento» to abate, die down

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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

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apaciguar

♦ vt

1. [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 anger

2. [dolor] to soothe

♦ See also the pronominal verb apaciguarse

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apaciguar

v/t pacify, calm down

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apaciguar {10} vt

aplacar: to appease, to pacify

♦ See also the reflexive verb apaciguarse

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apaciguar vb to calm down

sólo su madre es capaz de apaciguarlos only their mother can calm them down