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English term or phrase:
quelled
Spanish translation:
(han) acallado
English term
Argentina
quelled
XXX attorneys also have litigated precedent-setting cases, successfully arbitrated complex commercial disputes, managed, quelled and defended financially and politically sensitive high-profile investigations, published key articles in legal journals, and lectured to other attorneys on current and sophisticated legal matters.
May 22, 2009 18:23: Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/85428">Darío Zozaya's</a> old entry - "quelled"" to ""(han) acallado""
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Spain
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(han) acallado
4 Oct 2008 ... and that quelled the investigation for a while, until Henkel himself was caught up in the scandal and forced to resign. ...
peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2008/10/financial-permaculture.html
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21 Nov 2008 ... Sin embargo él actuó personalmente para acallar una investigación de las atrocidades en gran escala descritas en la carta del soldado. ...
www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=76278
Ecuador
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disipado / apaciguado o calmado las partes (los litigantes)
Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Thesaurus
quell
Function: verb
Synonyms: CRUSH 5, annihilate, extinguish, put down, quash, quench, squash, suppress
Related Words: conquer, overcome, subjugate, vanquish
Contrasted Words: abet, incite, instigate
Antonyms: foment
Chile
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mitigaron / reprimieron
Argentina
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detenido
1SCPPM to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force [= put down]
quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc
[Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.
2 literary to reduce or stop unpleasant feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry:
[Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] 'Jerry?' she called, trying to quell the panic inside her.
aquietado
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-19 22:24:40 GMT)
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Como en 'aquietar las aguas'
http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/aquietar
http://www.elpais.com/diccionarios/castellano/aquietar
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