settle

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settle

Main Entry:
settle
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
settled, settling
Language:
English
intransitive verb
1 alight, land : posarse (dícese de las aves), depositarse (dícese del polvo) 2 sink : asentarse (dícese de los edificios) <he settled into the chair :  se arrellanó en la silla> 3 : instalarse (en una casa), establecerse (en una ciudad o región) 4 to settle down : calmarse, tranquilizarse <settle down! :  ¡tranquilízate!, ¡cálmate!> 5 to settle down : sentar cabeza, hacerse sensato <to marry and settle down :  casarse y sentar cabeza>
transitive verb
1 arrange, decide : fijar, decidir, acordar (planes, etc.) 2 resolve : resolver, solucionar <to settle an argument :  resolver una discusión> 3 pay : pagar <to settle an account :  saldar una cuenta> 4 calm : calmar (los nervios), asentar (el estómago) 5 colonize : colonizar 6 to settle oneself : acomodarse, hacerse cómodo
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