calmante
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈman.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: cal‧màn‧te
Participle
calmante (plural calmanti)
- present participle of calmare
Adjective
calmante (plural calmanti)
- relaxing
- soothing
Noun
calmante m (plural calmanti)
- painkiller
- sedative
- tranquillizer
Anagrams
- clamante
Norman
Adjective
calmante
- feminine singular of calmant
Portuguese
Adjective
calmante m or f (plural calmantes)
- calming (which makes someone calmer)
- (psychology, pharmacology) antianxiety; anxiolytic (acting to combat or reduce anxiety)
- Synonyms: ansiolítico, antiansiedade
Noun
calmante m (plural calmantes)
- (pharmacology) antianxiety (a substance that combats or reduces anxiety)
Spanish
Etymology
From calmar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈmante/ [kalˈmãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: cal‧man‧te
Adjective
calmante (plural calmantes)
- relaxing, soothing
Noun
calmante m (plural calmantes)
- painkiller (anything that has a narcotic effect or calms)
- Synonym: analgésico
- tranquilizer
- Synonym: tranquilizante
- sedative
- Synonym: sedante
Derived terms
- tomarse un calmante (“take a chill pill”)
Further reading
- “calmante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014