# acalmar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ calmo (“calm”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kawˈma(ʁ)/ [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kawˈma(ʁ)/ [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kawˈma(ɾ)/ [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.kawˈma(ʁ)/ [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kawˈma(ɻ)/ [a.kaʊ̯ˈma(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kalˈmaɾ/ [ɐ.kaɫˈmaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kalˈmaɾ/ [ɐ.kaɫˈmaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kalˈma.ɾi/ [ɐ.kaɫˈma.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧cal‧mar

### Verb

acalmar (first-person singular present acalmo, first-person singular preterite acalmei, past participle acalmado)
* (transitive) to calm; to calm down (to make calm)
    Acalme seus filhos, senão expulso vocês da loja.Calm your children down or I will throw you out of the store.
* (pronominal) to calm down (to become calm)
    Tomei um chá para me acalmar.I drank some tea in order to calm down.
* (intransitive or pronominal) to calm down (to become less agitated)
    O barulho das folhas acalmou.The noise of the leaves calmed down.
    Depois da tempestade, o mar se acalmou.After the storm, the sea calmed down.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* acalmação

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akalˈmaɾ/ [a.kalˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧cal‧mar

### Verb

acalmar (first-person singular present acalmo, first-person singular preterite acalmé, past participle acalmado)
* Obsolete form of calmar.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | acalmar | acalmar | acalmar | acalmar | acalmar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | acalmando | acalmando | acalmando | acalmando | acalmando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | acalmado | acalmado | acalmada | acalmada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | acalmados | acalmados | acalmadas | acalmadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | acalmo | acalmas$^{tú}$ acalmás$^{vos}$ | acalma | acalmamos | acalmáis | acalman |
| indicative | imperfect | acalmaba | acalmabas | acalmaba | acalmábamos | acalmabais | acalmaban |
| indicative | preterite | acalmé | acalmaste | acalmó | acalmamos | acalmasteis | acalmaron |
| indicative | future | acalmaré | acalmarás | acalmará | acalmaremos | acalmaréis | acalmarán |
| indicative | conditional | acalmaría | acalmarías | acalmaría | acalmaríamos | acalmaríais | acalmarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | acalme | acalmes$^{tú}$ acalmés$^{vos2}$ | acalme | acalmemos | acalméis | acalmen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | acalmara | acalmaras | acalmara | acalmáramos | acalmarais | acalmaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | acalmase | acalmases | acalmase | acalmásemos | acalmaseis | acalmasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | acalmare | acalmares | acalmare | acalmáremos | acalmareis | acalmaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | acalma$^{tú}$ acalmá$^{vos}$ | acalme | acalmemos | acalmad | acalmen |
| imperative | negative | | no acalmes | no acalme | no acalmemos | no acalméis | no acalmen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “acalmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014