calma
Meaning
calmo
calmar
- (transitive) to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)
- (transitive) to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)
- (figuratively, transitive) to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)
- (figuratively, transitive) to quench, to quell (one's thirst)
- (figuratively, transitive) to cool
- (transitive) to talk down, to talk off the ledge
- (intransitive) to subside, abate
- (intransitive) to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse)
- (reflexive) to calm down, to settle down, to quiet down, to calm oneself
- (reflexive) to cool off, to cool it, to chill, to chill out
- (reflexive) to subside
Concepts
calm weather
calm air
solemness
arataxy
Synonyms
sin viento
echa el freno
Translations
calma
calma
calma
calme
Gelassenheit
dinginlikFrequency
Hyphenated as
cal‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkalma/
Etymology
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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