English-Spanish translations for soften

• suavizar
  La UE debe crear un fondo especial para regular la fuga de cerebros y suavizar su impacto. The EU must create a special fund to regulate the brain drain and soften its impact.
  En segundo lugar, cabe destacar que todos hemos permitido que así sea, pues suavizamos las normas, y sé quién lideraba esta medida que ha consistido en suavizar estas normas. Secondly, we - all of us - allowed this, because we softened the rules, and I know who was in the lead in softening them up.
  El cambio de enfoque hacia las asociaciones público-privadas es un pobre sustituto, y el acceso a JESSICA contribuye muy poco a suavizar el golpe, al menos hasta ahora. The switch of focus to private-public partnerships is a poor substitute with access to JESSICA doing little to soften the blow, at least so far.
• ablandar
  Sin embargo, un mayor índice de pérdidas y el olor del gas y el petróleo no deberían ablandar las actitudes ante la violación de los derechos humanos. However, greater losses and the smell of oil and gas should not soften attitudes towards the violation of human rights.
  El Grupo del PSE ha propuesto algunas modificaciones del informe que tratan de ablandar la formulación de cuestiones delicadas para los serbios. The PSE Group has proposed a few amendments to the report which seek to soften the formulation of sensitive issues for Serbs.
  Los intentos de "ablandar" la OTAN -debilitando su posición, aumentando las estructuras militares de la Unión Europea- son un error. Attempts at 'softening' NATO - weakening its position by enlarging the military structures of the European Union - are a mistake.
• ablandarse
• aplacar
• dulcificar

Definition of soften

• To make something soft or softer
• To undermine the morale of someone (often ''soften up''
• To make less harsh
• To become soft or softer

Examples

• Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
• Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
• Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
• The butter softened as it warmed up.

Related words

• softener
• softening
• softened
• unsoftened
• soften assuage allay reduce
• softening of the brain
• fabric softener
• water softener
• water softening