English-Spanish translations for allay

• aliviar
  Con el fin de aliviar esta preocupación legítima, se tienen que poner todos los medios necesarios para prevenir y tratar esta epidemia. To allay these legitimate concerns, all the necessary means must be made available to prevent and treat this epidemic.
• aquietar
• calmar
  Me pregunto si podría decirnos qué cantidad de alimentos importamos de Japón a fin de que podamos calmar algunos de los temores del público a este respeto. I wonder if you could just tell us how much food we import from Japan, so that we can allay some public fears in that regard.
• mitigar

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