acalmar

From a- +‎ calmo (“calm”) +‎ -ar.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐkaɫˈmaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.kaw.ˈma(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧cal‧mar

acalmar (first-person singular present indicative acalmo, past participle acalmado)

1. (transitive) to calm; to calm down (to make calm)

   Acalme seus filhos, senão expulso vocês da loja.

   Calm your children down or I will kick you out of the store.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to calm down (to become calm)

   Tomei um chá para me acalmar.

   I drinked some tea in order to calm down.

3. (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.

• IPA^(key): /akalˈmaɾ/

acalmar (first-person singular present acalmo, first-person singular preterite acalmé, past participle acalmado)

1. Obsolete form of calmar.

• “acalmar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.