suavizar

v.

1 to soften (poner blando).

El zumo de frutas suaviza la carne Fruit juice softens meat.

Elsa suavizó sus palabras Elsa softened her words.

Sus caricias suavizan a Ricardo Her caresses soften Richard.

2 to temper.

3 to ease (dificultad, tarea).

4 to tone down.

5 to mitigate, to soothe, to palliate.

Su amor suaviza el dolor Her love mitigates the pain.

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suavizar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer agradable) to soften

2 (alisar) to smooth (out)

3 figurado to soften

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verb

to soften

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1. VT

1) (=alisar) to smooth out, smooth down

2) (=ablandar) [gen] to soften; [+ carácter] to mellow; [+ severidad, dureza] to temper; [+ medida] to relax

3) (=quitar fuerza a) [+ navaja] to strop; [+ pendiente] to ease, make more gentle; [+ color] to tone down; [+ tono] to soften

2.

See:

suavizarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <piel> to leave ... smooth/soft; <color> to soften, tone down; <sabor> to tone down; <carácter> to mellow, make ... gentler; <dureza/severidad> to soften, temper; <situación> to calm, ease

suavizaron el régimen penitenciario — they relaxed the prison regulations

2.

suavizarse v pron piel to become smoother/softer; carácter to mellow, become gentler; situación to calm down, ease

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= blunt, relax, keep + the edge off + Algo, water down, sweeten, smooth.

Ex. It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.

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. One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.

Ex. The poem plays on the homonymic connection of the words 'to sweat' and 'to sweeten'.

Ex. From the 1820s a dry end was added to the Fourdrinier machine which dried and smoothed the web of paper as it emerged from the wet end.

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* suavizarse = mellow.

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1.

verbo transitivo <piel> to leave ... smooth/soft; <color> to soften, tone down; <sabor> to tone down; <carácter> to mellow, make ... gentler; <dureza/severidad> to soften, temper; <situación> to calm, ease

suavizaron el régimen penitenciario — they relaxed the prison regulations

2.

suavizarse v pron piel to become smoother/softer; carácter to mellow, become gentler; situación to calm down, ease

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= blunt, relax, keep + the edge off + Algo, water down, sweeten, smooth.

Ex: It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

Ex: Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.

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: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.

Ex: The poem plays on the homonymic connection of the words 'to sweat' and 'to sweeten'.

Ex: From the 1820s a dry end was added to the Fourdrinier machine which dried and smoothed the web of paper as it emerged from the wet end.

* suavizarse = mellow.

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suavizar [A4 ]

vt

1 ‹pelo› to condition, soften; ‹piel› to leave … smooth/soft

2 ‹color› to soften, tone down; ‹sabor› to tone down

3 ‹dureza/severidad› to soften, temper; ‹carácter› to mellow, make … gentler

4 ‹situación› to calm, ease

suavizaron el régimen penitenciario they relaxed the prison regulations

■ suavizarse

v pron

1 «pelo» to become softer; «piel» to become smoother/softer

2 «carácter» to mellow, become gentler

3 «situación» to calm down, ease

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suavizar (conjugate suavizar) verbo transitivo ‹piel› to leave … smooth/soft;
‹color› to soften, tone down;
‹sabor› to tone down;
‹carácter› to mellow, make … gentler;
‹dureza/severidad› to soften, temper;
‹situación› to calm, ease
suavizarse verbo pronominal [piel] to become smoother/softer;
[carácter] to mellow, become gentler;
[situación] to calm down, ease
suavizar verbo transitivo
1 (la piel, el pelo, etc) to make soft, make smooth
2 (un sabor) to make less strong
(el color, el sonido) to tone down
3 (el trato, el carácter) to soften, temper
'suavizar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarar
- acondicionar
- templar
English:
soften
- temper
- tone down
- mellow

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suavizar

♦ vt

1. [poner blando] to soften;

[ropa, cabello] to condition;

suaviza el cutis it leaves your skin soft

2. [sabor, color] to tone down

3. [dificultad, tarea] to ease;

[conducción] to make smoother; [clima] to make milder; [condena] to reduce the length of

4. [moderar]

tienes que suavizar el discurso para no ofender a nadie you should tone down the speech so you don't offend anyone

♦ See also the pronominal verb suavizarse

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suavizar

v/t tb fig

soften

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suavizar {21} vt

1) : to soften, to smooth out

2) : to tone down

♦ suavizarse vr

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suavizar vb to soften