apaciguar
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin pācificāre (“to appease, to pacify; to negotiate”). Doublet of pacificar. Cognate with English pacify.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /apaθiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.pa.θiˈɣ̞waɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /apasiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.pa.siˈɣ̞waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧ci‧guar
Verb
editapaciguar (first-person singular present apaciguo, first-person singular preterite apacigüé, past participle apaciguado)
- (transitive) to pacify, to appease, to defuse, to placate, to mollify, to ease, to allay, to assuage
- Synonym: pacificar
- (reflexive) to calm down
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of apaciguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of apaciguar (gu-gü alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- “apaciguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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