English-Swedish translations for placate

• blidka
  Kommissionen kan inte låta principen sammanfattas i en önskan att blidka handelspartners.The Commission cannot allow principle to be subsumed in a desire to placate trading partners.
  Han försöker blidka de rivaliserande makterna Ryssland, Europa och Förenta staterna; de senare har använt militära baser i landet tills helt nyligen.He is attempting to placate the rival powers of Russia, Europe and the United States, with the latter having used military bases in the country until recently.
  Inte heller Apple, som slog försäljningsrekord i helgen, lyckades blidka marknaden som backade 1,5 procent.

Definition of placate

• To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate

Related words

• placard
• implacability
• implacable
• placarder
• implacably
• placatory
• placarded
• placative
• poster placard