cool down

See also: cooldown

English

Verb

cool down (third-person singular simple present cools down, present participle cooling down, simple past and past participle cooled down)

(intransitive) To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.
You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down.
(transitive) To cause the temperature of an item to decrease.
We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.
(intransitive) To become less agitated.
I'd love to go to Israel, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.
(transitive) To cause to become less agitated.
Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.

Synonyms

(become less agitated): calm down

Translations

to become cooler (temperature)

Azerbaijani: sərinləmək, sərinləşmək, soyumaq
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷卻／冷却 (zh) (lěngquè)
Czech: vychladnout pf, chladnout (cs) impf
Dutch: afkoelen (nl), koelen (nl), bekoelen (nl), (mildly) verfrissen (nl), (much) verkillen (nl)
Finnish: jäähtyä (fi)
French: se refroidir (fr)
Galician: arrefecer (gl), refrescar, arrefriar (gl)
German: sich abkühlen (de), abkühlen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: καταψύχω (katapsúkhō)
Irish: fuaraigh
Japanese: 冷める (ja) (さめる, sameru), 冷える (ja) (ひえる, hieru)
Kyrgyz: муздоо (muzdoo)
Latin: algēscō
Norwegian: kjøle
Polish: stygnąć / ostygnąć (pl), studzić się / ostudzić się, chłodzić się (pl) / ochłodzić się
Portuguese: esfriar (pt)
Romanian: se răcori (ro)
Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf (ostyvátʹ), осты́ть (ru) pf (ostýtʹ), охлажда́ться (ru) impf (oxlaždátʹsja), охлади́ться (ru) pf (oxladítʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: fuaraich
Slovak: ochladnúť, chladnúť
Spanish: enfriarse (es)
Swedish: svalna (sv)
Turkish: serinlemek (tr), serinleşmek (tr), soğumak (tr)
Welsh: oeri (cy)

to make something cooler

Catalan: refredar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 冷卻, 冷却 (laang⁵ koek³)
Mandarin: 冷卻／冷却 (zh) (lěngquè)
Finnish: jäähdyttää (fi)
French: refroidir (fr)
Galician: arrefriar (gl), arrefecer (gl)
German: abkühlen (de)
Guaraní: mbopiro'y
Japanese: 冷ます (さます, samasu), 冷やす (ja) (ひやす, hiyasu)
Kyrgyz: муздатуу (muzdatuu)
Maori: whakapongi
Polish: studzić impf, ostudzić pf, chłodzić (pl) impf, ochłodzić pf
Romanian: răci (ro), răcori (ro)
Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf (ostužátʹ), остуди́ть (ru) pf (ostudítʹ), охлажда́ть (ru) impf (oxlaždátʹ), охлади́ть (ru) pf (oxladítʹ)
Slovak: chladiť, ochladiť, schladiť
Swedish: kyla ner (sv)
Welsh: oeri (cy)

to become less agitated

Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷淡 (zh) (lěngdàn) (adjective, may be used as a verb)
Finnish: rauhoittua (fi)
French: se calmer (fr)
Kyrgyz: муздоо (muzdoo)
Polish: ochłonąć
Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf (ostyvátʹ), осты́ть (ru) pf (ostýtʹ), охладева́ть (ru) impf (oxladevátʹ), охладе́ть (ru) pf (oxladétʹ), (calm down)успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja)
Slovak: upokojiť sa, upokojovať sa
Swedish: lugna ner sig (sv)

to make less agitated

Finnish: rauhoittaa (fi)
French: calmer (fr)
Kyrgyz: муздатуу (muzdatuu)
Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf (ostužátʹ), остуди́ть (ru) pf (ostudítʹ), (calm smb. down)успока́ивать (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹ), успоко́ить (ru) pf (uspokóitʹ)
Slovak: upokojiť, upokojovať
Swedish: lugna ner (sv)