cool off

English

Verb

cool off (third-person singular simple present cools off, present participle cooling off, simple past and past participle cooled off)

(intransitive) To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
You are getting a little too angry; you need to cool off.

The metal will take about three hours to cool off after the molding.
(transitive) To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off.

Translations

to reduce in temperature, activity or temper

Czech: zchladit (cs)
Dutch: afkoelen (nl)
Finnish: jäähtyä (fi)

Hungarian: lelohad (hu), lehűl (hu)
Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf (ostyvátʹ), осты́ть (ru) pf (ostýtʹ), охлажда́ться (ru) impf (oxlaždátʹsja), охлади́ться (ru) pf (oxladítʹsja)
Slovak: vychladnúť, chladnúť, upokojiť sa, upokojovať sa
Walloon: si rapåjhî (wa) (temper), si rapåjhter (wa) (temper), si rafroedi (wa) (temperature); rafroedi (wa) (temperature)

to cause to reduce in temperature, activity or temper

Finnish: jäähdyttää (fi)
Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf (ostužátʹ), остуди́ть (ru) pf (ostudítʹ), охлажда́ть (ru) impf (oxlaždátʹ), охлади́ть (ru) pf (oxladítʹ)

Slovak: schladiť, chladiť, upokojiť, upokojovať
Walloon: rapåjhî (wa) (temper), rapåjhter (wa) (temper), rafroedi (wa) (temperature)

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