calma

Senso (Inglese)

calmo

calmar

  1. (transitive) to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)
  2. (transitive) to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to quench, to quell (one's thirst)
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to cool
  6. (transitive) to talk down, to talk off the ledge
  7. (intransitive) to subside, abate
  8. (intransitive) to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse)
  9. (reflexive) to calm down, to settle down, to quiet down, to calm oneself
  10. (reflexive) to cool off, to cool it, to chill, to chill out
  11. (reflexive) to subside

Frequenza

A2
Con il trattino come
cal‧ma
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkalma/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Ultimately from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), through Late Latin cauma. Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

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