aplacar

v.

1 to placate.

2 to soothe, to calm, to deaden, to dim.

María aplacó su dolor con terapia Mary placated her pain with therapy.

El gobierno aplacó una rebelión ayer Government calmed a rebellion yesterday

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aplacar

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

► verbo transitivo

1 to placate, calm, soothe

► verbo pronominal aplacarse

1 (persona) to calm down; (viento) to abate, die down

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1.

VT (=apaciguar) [+ persona] to appease, placate; [+ hambre] to satisfy; [+ sed] to quench, satisfy

intenté aplacar los ánimos de todos — I tried to calm everyone down

2.

See:

aplacarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ira> to soothe

para aplacar a los dioses — to placate the gods

ella supo aplacar los ánimos — she was able to calm people down

b) <sed> to quench; <hambre> to satisfy; <dolor> to soothe

2.

aplacarse v pron persona to calm down; furia to subside; tempestad to abate, die down

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= abate, keep + the edge off + Algo, defuse, still, appease.

Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.

Ex. 'I can certainly understand your concern,' she ventured, speaking with a certain amiable casualness which she hoped would keep the edge off his annoyance, 'but we're really trying to protect the taxpayer's investment and the library's materials'.

Ex. This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.

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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* aplacar la ansiedad = allay + anxiety.

* aplacar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ira> to soothe

para aplacar a los dioses — to placate the gods

ella supo aplacar los ánimos — she was able to calm people down

b) <sed> to quench; <hambre> to satisfy; <dolor> to soothe

2.

aplacarse v pron persona to calm down; furia to subside; tempestad to abate, die down

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= abate, keep + the edge off + Algo, defuse, still, appease.

Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.

Ex: 'I can certainly understand your concern,' she ventured, speaking with a certain amiable casualness which she hoped would keep the edge off his annoyance, 'but we're really trying to protect the taxpayer's investment and the library's materials'.

Ex: This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.

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.

* aplacar la ansiedad = allay + anxiety.

* aplacar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

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aplacar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹ira/enojo› to soothe

para aplacar a los dioses to placate o appease the gods

fue necesaria su intervención para aplacar los ánimos he had to intervene to calm people down

2 ‹sed› to quench; ‹hambre› to satisfy; ‹dolor› to soothe

■ aplacarse

v pron

1 «persona» to calm down; «furia» to subside

2 «tempestad» to abate, die down

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aplacar (conjugate aplacar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹ira› to soothe;

◊ supo aplacar los ánimos she was able to calm people down

b) ‹sed› to quench;

‹hambre› to satisfy;
‹dolor› to soothe
aplacar verbo transitivo to placate, calm
'aplacar' also found in these entries:
English:
appease
- placate

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aplacar

♦ vt

1. [persona, ánimos] to placate;

aplacaron su ira they appeased his anger

2. [hambre] to satisfy;

[sed] to quench; [dolor] to ease

♦ See also the pronominal verb aplacarse

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aplacar

v/t

1 hambre satisfy; sed quench

2 a alguien calm down, placate fml

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aplacar {72} vt

apaciguar: to appease, to placate

♦ See also the reflexive verb aplacarse