aplacar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pləˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.plaˈkaɾ]

Borrowed from Latin plācāre (“to appease”).

aplacar (first-person singular present aplaco, first-person singular preterite aplaquí, past participle aplacat)

1. to appease, to pacify

   Synonym: apaivagar

From a- +‎ placa +‎ -ar.

aplacar (first-person singular present aplaco, first-person singular preterite aplaquí, past participle aplacat)

1. to lay one thing smoothly on another
2. (carpentry) to veneer (to place a thin layer of wood over)

• aplacada
• aplacat

• “aplacar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Conceivably from an unattested Latin *applācāre.^[1][2] Alternatively, from a- +‎ placar, from Latin plācāre.^[3][4] Compare with Spanish aplacar.

• Hyphenation: a‧pla‧car

aplacar (first-person singular present aplaco, first-person singular preterite aplaquei, past participle aplacado)

1. to placate, appease

From a- +‎ Latin placāre.

• IPA^(key): /aplaˈkaɾ/ [a.plaˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pla‧car

aplacar (first-person singular present aplaco, first-person singular preterite aplaqué, past participle aplacado)

1. appease, placate

   Synonyms: pacificar, apaciguar

• “aplacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024