darsi una calmata

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to give oneself a calming-down.

Verb

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dàrsi una calmata (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) mi una calmata, first-person singular past historic mi dièdi una calmata or mi diédi una calmata or mi détti una calmata or (traditional) mi dètti una calmata, past participle dàto una calmata, first-person singular future mi darò una calmata, first-person singular subjunctive mi dìa una calmata, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive mi déssi una calmata, second-person singular imperative dàtti una calmata)

  1. (informal) to calm down; to chill; to chill out; to cool off; to settle down
    Synonyms: placarsi, tranquillizzarsi, calmarsi