calm down

English

Verb

calm down (third-person singular simple present calms down, present participle calming down, simple past and past participle calmed down)

(intransitive) To become less excited, intense, or angry.
Calm down before you hurt somebody.
(transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.

Synonyms

(to become less excited): be still my heart, chill, chill out, chillax, pull in one's horns, relax, unwind
(to cause become less excited): chill out, relax, hose down, cool one's jets, slow one's roll

Translations

To become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ (ʔahdaʔa), هَدَّأَ (haddaʔa)
Moroccan Arabic: تهدن (thaddan)
Armenian: հանգստանալ (hy) (hangstanal)
Azerbaijani: sakitləşmək, rahatlaşmaq
Basque: lasaitu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷靜下來／冷静下来 (lěngjìng xiàlai), 平靜下來／平静下来 (píngjìng xiàlai)
Dutch: bedaren (nl)
Finnish: rauhoittua (fi), tyyntyä (fi)
French: se calmer (fr), s’apaiser (fr)
Galician: calmar (gl), acougar (gl), sosegar, apoudigar
German: sich beruhigen (de)
Hebrew: נרגע (nirgá)
Hungarian: megnyugszik (hu), lecsillapodik (hu)
Ingrian: vaiketa
Italian: calmarsi (it), tranquillizzarsi (it), tranquillarsi (uncommon)
Japanese: 落ち着く (ja) (おちつく, ochitsuku)
Latin: mītēscō
Macedonian: се смирува impf (se smiruva), се смири pf (se smiri)
Maori: whakamahuru
Ngazidja Comorian: utrulia
Ottoman Turkish: دولنمك (dölenmek), ساكنلنمك (sakinlenmek)
Polish: uspokajać się impf, uspokoić się pf
Portuguese: acalmar-se
Romanian: astâmpăra (ro)
Russian: успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja), унима́ться (ru) impf (unimátʹsja), уня́ться (ru) pf (unjátʹsja)
Spanish: calmarse (es), tranquilizarse (es)
Swedish: lugna ner sig (sv), chilla (sv) (slang)
Turkish: sakinleşmek (tr)
Ukrainian: заспоко́юватися impf (zaspokójuvatysja), заспоко́їтися pf (zaspokójitysja)
Walloon: si rapåjhî (wa), si rapåjhter (wa)

To cause to become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ (ʔahdaʔa), هَدَّأَ (haddaʔa)
Armenian: հանգստացնել (hy) (hangstacʻnel)
Azerbaijani: sakitləşdirmək, rahatlaşdırmaq
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使平靜／使平静 (zh) (shǐ píngjìng), 使冷靜／使冷静 (zh) (shǐ lěngjìng)
Danish: berolige
Finnish: rauhoittaa (fi), tyynnytellä (fi)
French: calmer (fr), tranquilliser (fr), apaiser (fr)
Galician: calmar (gl)
German: beruhigen (de)
Hebrew: הִרְגִּיעַ (hirgía)
Hungarian: megnyugtat (hu), lecsillapít (hu)
Ingrian: vaikenoittaa
Italian: calmare (it), tranquillizzare (it)
Japanese: (causative form) 落ち着かせる (ja) (おちつかせる, ochitsukaseru)
Latin: mītēscō
Maori: whakamahuru
Polish: uspokajać (pl) impf, uspokoić (pl) pf
Portuguese: acalmar (pt)
Russian: успока́ивать (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹ), успоко́ить (ru) pf (uspokóitʹ), умиротворя́ть (ru) impf (umirotvorjátʹ), умиротвори́ть (ru) pf (umirotvorítʹ)
Spanish: calmar (es), tranquilizar (es)
Swedish: lugna ner (sv)
Turkish: sakinleştirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: заспоко́ювати impf (zaspokójuvaty), заспоко́їти pf (zaspokójity)
Walloon: rapåjhî (wa), rapåjhter (wa), rapwairi (wa)

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