abbonacciare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to calm down (the sea, the weather)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to calm
  3. (intransitive) to become calm (of the sea or weather) [auxiliary essere] (of the sea)
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) to calm down

Hyphenated as
ab‧bo‧nac‧cià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ab.bo.natˈt͡ʃa.re/
Etymology

From a- (“to, towards”) + bonaccia (“dead calm”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix).

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