apaciguar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to pacify, to appease, to defuse, to placate, to mollify, to ease, to allay, to assuage
  2. (reflexive) to calm down

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Hyphenated as
a‧pa‧ci‧guar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/apaθiˈɡwaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin pācificāre (“to appease, to pacify; to negotiate”). Doublet of pacificar. Cognate with English pacify.

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