sopire

Meaning

1. (literary, transitive) to send to sleep
2. (figuratively, transitive) to placate, to soothe, to calm, to assuage

Concepts

soothe

gloss over

hush up

lull

put to sleep

rest on one’s laurels

whitewash

allay

sleek over

Synonyms

assopire

placare

addolcire

ammollire

blandire

lenire

mitigare

sedare

tacitare

disacerbare

calmare

molcere

Translations

calmar

adormecer

apaciguar

assoupir

emblanquir

tranquilitzar

encalcinar

arrear

beruhigen

betäuben

einschläfern

κατευνάζω

καταπραΰνω

μαλακώνω

apaiser

Hyphenated as

so‧pì‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈpi.re/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sopīre.