calmante
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈman.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: cal‧màn‧te
Participle
calmante m or f (plural calmanti)
- present participle of calmare
Adjective
calmante m or f (plural calmanti)
Noun
calmante m (plural calmanti)
Anagrams
Norman
Adjective
calmante
- feminine singular of calmant
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kaʊ̯ˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈmɐ̃.te/ [kaʊ̯ˈmɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kalˈmɐ̃.tɨ/ [kaɫˈmɐ̃.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: cal‧man‧te
Adjective
calmante m or f (plural calmantes)
- calming (which makes someone calmer)
- (psychology, pharmacology) antianxiety; anxiolytic (acting to combat or reduce anxiety)
- Synonyms: ansiolítico, antiansiedade
Noun
calmante m (plural calmantes)
- (pharmacology) antianxiety (a substance that combats or reduces anxiety)
Spanish
Etymology
From calmar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈmante/ [kalˈmãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: cal‧man‧te
Adjective
calmante m or f (masculine and feminine plural calmantes)
Noun
calmante m (plural calmantes)
- painkiller (anything that has a narcotic effect or calms)
- Synonym: analgésico
- tranquilizer
- Synonym: tranquilizante
- sedative
- Synonym: sedante
Derived terms
- tomarse un calmante (“take a chill pill”)
Further reading
- “calmante”, 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