console
To comfort in a time of grief, disappointment, etcTo comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
» We consoled each other.
Wir trösteten einander.
Wir trösteten uns gegenseitig.
Мы утешили друг друга.
Ми втішили один одного.
Ми втішили одну одну.
Ми втішили одне одного.
Meaning
1 sensesTo comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
trösten
утеша́тьutešátʹ, уте́шитьutéšitʹ, успока́иватьuspokáivatʹ
втіша́тиvtišáty, вті́шитиvtíšyty
- give moral or emotional strength to
Examples
115 sentencesWe consoled each other.
Ми втішили один одного. — deniko
ruМы утешили друг друга. — Esto
deWir trösteten einander. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom knows how to console people.
Tom glanced up from his console.
Several lights on the console started flashing.
ruНесколько лампочек на консоли начали мигать. — BW
There are some red lights blinking on the console.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root fromBorrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).
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Forms
consoles, consoling, consoled, consoledSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle