tranquilizar

to calm down

tranquilizar(trahng-kee-lee-sahr)

transitive verb

1. (to pacify)

a. to calm down

¿Me ayudas a tranquilizar a Luisa? Está desesperada porque su hijo no contesta sus llamadas.

Can you help me calm Luisa down? She's desperate because her son is not answering her calls.

2. (to soothe)

a. to reassure

El mecánico me tranquilizó asegurándome que el arreglo no costaría mucho.

The mechanic reassured me when he told me the repair wouldn't be expensive.

tranquilizarse

pronominal verb

3. (to relax)

a. to calm down

¡Tranquilízate! Me estás poniendo nervioso.

Calm down! You're making me nervous.

4. (to feel relieved)

a. to feel reassured

Me tranquilicé cuando el médico me dijo que el dolor desaparecería pronto.

I felt reassured when the doctor told me that the pain would go soon.

5. (to quiet down)

a. to calm down

El viento dejó de soplar y las aguas se tranquilizaron.

The wind stopped blowing and the waters calmed down.

tranquilizar

transitive verb

1. (calmar)

a. to calm (down)

2. (dar confianza a)

a. to reassure

pronominal verb

3. (calmarse)

a. to calm down

4. (ganar confianza)

a. to feel reassured

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tranquilizar

transitive verb

to calm down

un brandy te tranquilizará a brandy will calm you down; el árbitro intentó tranquilizar a los jugadores the referee tried to calm the players down; las palabras del médico me tranquilizaron the doctor's words reassured me; ¿por qué no llamas a tu madre para tranquilizarla? why don't you call your mother to put her mind at rest?

pronominal verb

tranquilizarse to calm down

¡tranquilícese! calm down!; se tranquilizó al saber que habían llegado bien she stopped worrying when she found out that they had arrived safely