Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become less excited, intense, or angry.

    Calm down before you hurt somebody.

    sich beruhigen

    успока́иватьсяuspokáivatʹsja, успоко́итьсяuspokóitʹsja, унима́тьсяunimátʹsja

    заспоко́юватисяzaspokójuvatysja, заспоко́їтисяzaspokójitysja

    become quiet or less intensive

  2. (transitive)To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.

    beruhigen

    успока́иватьuspokáivatʹ, успоко́итьuspokóitʹ, умиротворя́тьumirotvorjátʹ

    заспоко́юватиzaspokójuvaty, заспоко́їтиzaspokójity

Examples

402 sentences

  1. Tom tried to calm Mary down.

    Том спробував заспокоїти Мері.

    ruТом попытался успокоить Мэри.

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  2. I suggest we all calm down.

    Пропоную нам усім заспокоїтися.

    ruПредлагаю нам всем успокоиться.

    deIch schlage vor, dass wir uns alle beruhigen.

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  3. We all need to calm down.

    Нам усім потрібно заспокоїтися.

    ruНам всем нужно успокоиться.

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  4. You guys need to calm down.

    Вам треба заспокоїтись.

    ruПарни, вам надо успокоиться.

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  5. I'm trying to calm Tom down.

    Я намагаюся заспокоїти Тома.

    ruЯ пытаюсь успокоить Тома.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
To become less excited:
To cause to become less excited:
Русский
By meaning 2
To become less excited:
To cause to become less excited:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
To become less excited:
To cause to become less excited:

Forms

calms down, calming down, calmed down, calmed down
Base formcalm down · to calm down
3rd person singularcalms down
Present participlecalming down
Past simplecalmed down
Past participlecalmed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycalm down
he, she, itcalms down

Past simpleLesson

all personscalmed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave calmed down
he, she, ithas calmed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill calm down

Synonyms

22 synonyms
to cause become less excited:relaxA2chill outhose downcool one's jetsslow one's roll
to become less excited:chillC1be still my heartchillaxpull in one's hornsunwind
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
calluscalmB1calmlyB2calmnessB1caloric
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