acquietare

to calm, to quieten

verb ahk-kwye-TAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Acquietare means to calm down or appease — acquietare gli animi (to calm tempers). It is slightly more literary than the everyday calmare. The reflexive acquietarsi means to calm oneself or to die down: il vento si è acquietato (the wind died down). Conjugates as a regular first-conjugation verb.

Examples

"Cercò di acquietare i bambini agitati."

Natural Translation

She tried to calm the restless children.

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