calmar
Spanish, verb/kalˈmaɾ/
calmar is spelled C-A-L-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calmar is a Spanish verb meaning “to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar la calma, tranquilidad, sosiego a alguien o algo”.
What does calmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)
- 2
to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)
- 3
to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)
- 4
to quench, to quell (one's thirst)
- 5
to cool
- 6
to talk down, to talk off the ledge
- 7
to subside, abate
- 8
to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar la calma, tranquilidad, sosiego a alguien o algo. 2. Temperar, moderar o aliviar una molestia, incomodidad, dolor u otra condición desagradable. 3. Disminuir la violencia o la fuerza de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calmar
- calmo first-person present singular
- calmé first-person preterite singular
- calmado participle past
- calmando gerund
- calmada feminine participle past
- calmados masculine participle past
- calmadas feminine participle past
- calmas indicative informal present
- calmás indicative informal present
- calma indicative present singular
- calmamos first-person indicative plural
- calmáis indicative plural present
- calman indicative plural present
- calmaba first-person imperfect indicative
- calmabas imperfect indicative second-person
- calmábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- calmabais imperfect indicative plural
- calmaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calmar?
- /kalˈmaɾ/
- [kalˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calmar in Spanish?
calmar appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).