acalmar
Portuguese, verb/a.kawˈma(ʁ)/
acalmar is spelled A-C-A-L-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acalmar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to calm; to calm down (to make calm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar calmo; pacificar”.
What does acalmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calm; to calm down (to make calm)
Acalme seus filhos, senão expulso vocês da loja.
- 2
to calm down (to become calm)
Tomei um chá para me acalmar.
- 3
to calm down (to become less agitated)
O barulho das folhas acalmou.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar calmo; pacificar 2. sossegar 3. tranquilizar-se 4. readquirir o sangue-frio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acalmar
- acalmo first-person present singular
- acalmei first-person preterite singular
- acalmado participle past
- acalmares infinitive second-person singular
- acalmarmos first-person infinitive plural
- acalmardes infinitive plural second-person
- acalmarem infinitive plural third-person
- acalmando gerund
- acalmados masculine participle past
- acalmada feminine participle past
- acalmadas feminine participle past
- acalmas indicative present second-person
- acalma indicative present singular
- acalmamos first-person indicative plural
- acalmais indicative plural present
- acalmam indicative plural present
- acalmava first-person imperfect indicative
- acalmavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acalmar?
- Brazil /a.kawˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(h)]
- /a.kawˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acalmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acalmar in Portuguese?
acalmar appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).