English-Portuguese translations for allay

• aliviar
  Isto contribuirá para aliviar a ansiedade de numerosos produtores. This will allay the anxiety of many farmers.
  Obviamente, eu gostaria de aliviar os senhores deputados da sua preocupação. Obviously, I would wish to allay Members' concern.
  Os actos simbólicos são, obviamente, muito bonitos, mas só por si, servem apenas para nos aliviar a consciência. Symbolic acts are all very well, of course, but by themselves they serve only to allay our consciences.
• aquietar

Definition of allay

• To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm
• To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate
• To subside, abate, become peaceful
• To mix ; to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate
• Alleviation; abatement; check

Examples

• to allay popular excitement
• to allay the tumult of the passions
• to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

Related words

• allative
• ballad
• gallantry
• fallacy
• fallacious
• ballast
• installation
• palladium
• gallant
• mallard