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calmar.

to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kalˈmaɾ/[kalˈmaɾ]
  1. to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)

    transitive
  2. to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)

    transitive
  3. to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)

    figuratively · transitive
  4. to quench, to quell (one's thirst)

    figuratively · transitive
  5. to cool

    figuratively · transitive
  6. to talk down, to talk off the ledge

    transitive
  7. to subside, abate

    intransitive
  8. to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse)

    intransitive
  9. to calm down, to settle down, to quiet down, to calm oneself

    reflexive
  10. to cool off, to cool it, to chill, to chill out

    reflexive
  11. to subside

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w- Proto-Hellenic *káwyō Ancient Greek καίω (kaíō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma)bor. Late Latin caumabor. Spanish calma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Spanish calmar From calma + -ar.

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