apaciguar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin pācificāre (“to appease, to pacify; to negotiate”). Doublet of pacificar. Cognate with English pacify. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apaθiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.pa.θiˈɣ̞waɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /apasiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.pa.siˈɣ̞waɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧pa‧ci‧guar === Verb === apaciguar (first-person singular present apaciguo, first-person singular preterite apacigüé, past participle apaciguado) (transitive) to pacify, to appease, to defuse, to placate, to mollify, to ease, to allay, to assuage Synonym: pacificar (reflexive) to calm down Synonym: calmarse ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “apaciguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025