settle down

calmarse, calmar

Dejar de estar nervioso o agitado, o conseguir que otra persona se tranquilice.

En inglés sencillo: To become calm and quiet, or make someone calm and quiet.

• Please settle down and listen.
• The crowd settled down when the singer appeared.
• Can you settle the baby down?

Cómo se usa: settle someone down (A quiet story helped settle the children down.)

Sinónimos: calm down, quiet down

Expresiones frecuentes: settle down now, settle someone down

adaptarse, acomodarse

Empezar a sentirse a gusto en una casa nueva o una situación nueva.

En inglés sencillo: To start feeling comfortable in a new home or situation.

• It took me weeks to settle down here.
• The children have settled down well at their new school.
• Have you settled down in your new home yet?

Cómo se usa: settle down in a place (She soon settled down in her new flat.)

Sinónimos: settle in, adjust

Expresiones frecuentes: settle down here, settle down comfortably

calmarse, tranquilizarse

Dejar de hacer ruido o de estar agitado, especialmente cuando alguien lo pide.

En inglés sencillo: To become quiet and calm, especially when someone asks you to.

• Settle down, everyone; the lesson is starting.
• The children finally settled down after lunch.
• Will you settle down and let me speak?

Sinónimos: calm down, quiet down

Expresiones frecuentes: please settle down, settle down now

establecerse, sentar cabeza

Dejar de cambiar de lugar y organizar una vida estable donde quedarse mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To stop moving from place to place and start living somewhere for a long time.

• They want to settle down here.
• After years of travel, she settled down in Bristol.
• Are you ready to settle down and start a family?

Cómo se usa: settle down in a place (They decided to settle down in a small coastal town.); settle down with someone (He wants to settle down with his partner.)

Sinónimos: put down roots

Expresiones frecuentes: settle down somewhere, settle down together