calmar

== English == === Noun === calmar (plural calmars) A squid (the mollusk). == Catalan == === Etymology === From calma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəlˈma] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kalˈmaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kalˈma] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) Hyphenation: cal‧mar === Verb === calmar (first-person singular present calmo, first-person singular preterite calmí, past participle calmat) (transitive) to calm (intransitive, reflexive) to calm down Encara fa sol i el mar s'ha calmat. ― Yet it's sunny and the sea has become calm. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== calmable calmant calmat == French == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kal.maʁ/ === Noun === calmar m (plural calmars) squid (the mollusk) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “calmar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Verb === calmar to calm to still == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== calmar (first-person singular present calmo, first-person singular preterite calmei, past participle calmado) (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) alternative form of acalmar (transitive, colloquial) to beat ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== calmar m (plural calmares) alternative form of calamar === Further reading === “calmar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “calmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Alternative forms === calamar === Etymology === Borrowed from French calmar. Doublet of călimară. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kalˈmar/ === Noun === calmar m (plural calmari) squid ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From calma + -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kalˈmaɾ/ [kalˈmaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cal‧mar === Verb === calmar (first-person singular present calmo, first-person singular preterite calmé, past participle calmado) (transitive) to calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance) Synonym: aquietar (transitive) to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity) (transitive, figurative) to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis) (transitive, figurative) to quench, to quell (one's thirst) (transitive, figurative) to cool (transitive) to talk down, to talk off the ledge (intransitive) to subside, abate (intransitive) to steady (often used when talking to an animal one is riding like a horse) (reflexive) to calm down, to settle down, to quiet down, to calm oneself (reflexive) to cool off, to cool it, to chill, to chill out (reflexive) to subside ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== acalmar (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “calmar”, 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