calmar
/kalˈmaɾ/ verb B1- to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)
- to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)
- to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)
- to quench, to quell (one's thirst)
- to cool
- to talk down, to talk off the ledge
- to subside, abate
- to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- calmar
- Gerund
- calmando
- Past participle
- calmado
- Present (yo)
- calmo
- Preterite (yo)
- calmé
From the library
Y la Muerte seguía mirando al emperador con sus ojos huecos y fríos, y en el cuarto había una calma espantosa, cuando de pronto entró por la ventana el son de una dulce música.
En deliciosa calma
El viento calma, el cielo se serena,
Así como en la calma el marinero,
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