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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + calmo (“calm”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
acalmar (first-person singular present acalmo, first-person singular preterite acalmei, past participle acalmado)
- (transitive) to calm; to calm down (to make calm)
Acalme seus filhos, senão expulso vocês da loja.- Calm your children down or I will throw you out of the store.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to calm down (to become calm)
Tomei um chá para me acalmar.- I drank some tea in order to calm down.
- (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to calm down (to become less agitated)
O barulho das folhas acalmou.- The noise of the leaves calmed down.
Depois da tempestade, o mar se acalmou.- After the storm, the sea calmed down.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akalˈmaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cal‧mar
Verb
acalmar (first-person singular present acalmo, first-person singular preterite acalmé, past participle acalmado)
- Obsolete form of calmar.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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