calm down

English

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.

To become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ‎ (ʾahdaʾa), هَدَّأَ‎ (haddaʾa)
Moroccan Arabic: تْهدّن‎ (thəddən)
Armenian: հանգստանալ (hy) (hangstanal)
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)
German: sich beruhigen (de)
Hebrew: נרגע‎ (nirgá)
Hungarian: megnyugszik (hu), lecsillapodik (hu)
Italian: calmarsi (it), tranquillizzarsi, tranquillarsi (uncommon)

Japanese: 落ち着く (おちつく, ochitsuku)
Latin: mītēscō
Macedonian: се смирува impf (se smiruva), се смири pf (se smiri)
Maori: whakamahuru
Ngazidja Comorian: utrulia
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)
Walloon: si rapåjhî (wa), si rapåjhter (wa)

To cause to become less excited

Arabic: أَهْدَأَ‎ (ʾahdaʾa), هَدَّأَ‎ (haddaʾa)
Armenian: հանգստացնել (hy) (hangstacʿnel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使平靜 (zh), 使平静 (zh) (shǐ píngjìng), 使冷靜 (zh), 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)

Italian: calmare (it), tranquillizzare (it)
Japanese: (causative form) 落ち着かせる (おちつかせる, ochitsukaseru)
Latin: mītēscō
Maori: whakamahuru
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)
Walloon: rapåjhî (wa), rapåjhter (wa), rapwairi (wa)

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