calm down

calm down

English

Verb

calm down (third-person singular simple present calms down, present participle calming down, simple past and past participle calmed down)

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

   Calm down before you hurt somebody.

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

Synonyms

• (to become less excited): be still my heart, chill, chill out, chillax, pull in one's horns, relax, unwind
• (to cause become less excited): chill out, relax, hose down, cool one's jets, slow one's roll

Translations

To become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ‎ (ʾahdaʾa), هَدَّأَ‎ (haddaʾa) Moroccan Arabic: تهدن‎ (thaddan) Armenian: հանգստանալ (hy) (hangstanal) Azerbaijani: sakitləşmək, rahatlaşmaq Basque: lasaitu Chinese: Mandarin: 冷靜下來／冷静下来, 冷静下来 (lěngjìng xiàlai), 平靜下來／平静下来, 平静下来 (píngjìng xiàlai) Dutch: bedaren (nl) Finnish: rauhoittua (fi), tyyntyä (fi) French: se calmer (fr), s'apaiser (fr) Galician: calmar (gl), acougar (gl), sosegar, apoudigar German: sich beruhigen (de) Hebrew: נרגע‎ (nirgá) Hungarian: megnyugszik (hu), lecsillapodik (hu) Italian: calmarsi (it), tranquillizzarsi (it), tranquillarsi (uncommon) Japanese: 落ち着く (ja) (おちつく, ochitsuku) Latin: mītēscō Macedonian: се смирува impf (se smiruva), се смири pf (se smiri) Maori: whakamahuru Ngazidja Comorian: utrulia Polish: uspokajać się impf, uspokoić się pf Portuguese: acalmar-se Romanian: astâmpăra (ro) Russian: успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja), унима́ться (ru) impf (unimátʹsja), уня́ться (ru) pf (unjátʹsja) Spanish: calmarse (es), tranquilizarse (es) Swedish: lugna ner sig (sv), chilla (sv) (slang) Turkish: sakinleşmek (tr) Ukrainian: заспоко́юватися impf (zaspokójuvatysja), заспоко́їтися pf (zaspokójitysja) Walloon: si rapåjhî (wa), si rapåjhter (wa)

To cause to become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ‎ (ʾahdaʾa), هَدَّأَ‎ (haddaʾa) Armenian: հանգստացնել (hy) (hangstacʿnel) Azerbaijani: sakitləşdirmək, rahatlaşdırmaq Chinese: Mandarin: 使平靜／使平静 (zh), 使平静 (zh) (shǐ píngjìng), 使冷靜／使冷静 (zh), 使冷静 (zh) (shǐ lěngjìng) Danish: berolige Finnish: rauhoittaa (fi), tyynnytellä (fi) French: calmer (fr), tranquilliser (fr), apaiser (fr) Galician: calmar (gl) German: beruhigen (de) Hebrew: הִרְגִּיעַ‎ (hirgía) Hungarian: megnyugtat (hu), lecsillapít (hu) Italian: calmare (it), tranquillizzare (it) Japanese: (causative form) 落ち着かせる (ja) (おちつかせる, ochitsukaseru) Latin: mītēscō Maori: whakamahuru Portuguese: acalmar (pt) Russian: успока́ивать (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹ), успоко́ить (ru) pf (uspokóitʹ), умиротворя́ть (ru) impf (umirotvorjátʹ), умиротвори́ть (ru) pf (umirotvorítʹ) Spanish: calmar (es), tranquilizar (es) Swedish: lugna ner (sv) Turkish: sakinleştirmek (tr) Ukrainian: заспоко́ювати impf (zaspokójuvaty), заспоко́їти pf (zaspokójity) Walloon: rapåjhî (wa), rapåjhter (wa), rapwairi (wa)