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transitive verb
- [place] col·locar.
- [place firmly] assentar.
- [fix] assegurar, fixar.
- afermar.
- to settle one's feet in the stirrups afermar els peus en els estreps.
- [persons] establir, instal·lar.
- [land] establir-se a, poblar.
- it was first settled by the Dutch els holandesos van ser els primers a establir-s'hi.
- he settled her in a little flat la va instal·lar en un piset.
- [income, etc] assignar (on a).
- to settle one's affairs arreglar els seus afers.
- to settle an invalid for the night assistir un invàlid abans d'anar a dormir.
- the nurse settled her patient for the night la infermera va deixar el malalt a punt de dormir, la infermera va atendre el seu malalt i el va deixar a punt d'anar a dormir.
- [calm] calmar, assossegar, apaivagar, asserenar.
- [doubts] dissipar.
- [stomach] posar bé.
- [liquid] deixar reposar.
- [bill] pagar.
- [account] saldar.
- [claim] satisfer.
- [deal] fer.
- [quarrel] saldar.
- [date] fixar, acordar, assignar.
- [problem] resoldre.
- several points remain to be settled encara queden uns quants punts per resoldre.
- the terms were settled by negotiation les condicions es van establir per negociació.
- to settle an affair out of court arranjar un assumpte sense anar al jutjat.
- the result was settled in the first half el resultat es va decidir a la primera part.
- it's all settled ja és tot (decidit / resolt).
- so that's settled then així ja està tot arranjat.
- settle it among yourselves! ja us arreglareu!, ja us ho arranjareu vosaltres!
- I'll soon settle him me'l carregaré.
- that will settle him això farà que no ens faci més la guitza. intransitive verb
- (also to settle down) [establish oneself: in a house, etc] establir-se, instal·lar-se.
- (idem) [in a country] arrelar-se, integrar-se.
- (idem) [of bird, insect] posar-se.
- to settle comfortably in an armchair arrepapar-se en una butaca, escarxofar-se en una butaca.
- the snow is settling la neu ja qualla.
- the wind settled in the east el vent de l'est es va entaular.
- to settle down [after a wild period] posar seny.
- to marry and settle down casar-se i instal·lar-se, casar-se i començar a fer vida normal.
- to settle down to a new life adaptar-se a un nou tipus de vida.
- he's settling down at school es va adaptant a l'escola.
- things are settling down les coses tornen a la normalitat.
- he can't settle down anywhere és el cul d'en Jaumet.
- to settle down to work posar-se a treballar, anar per feina.
- settle down! [to noisy children] calma!
- [of building] assentar-se.
- [liquid] assolar-se.
- [dust, sediment] dipositar-se.
- [ship] enfonsar-se a poc a poc.
- things are settling into shape les coses comencen a prendre forma.
- [of passion, etc] asserenar-se, apaivagar-se, calmar-se, assossegar-se.
- [of weather] estabilitzar-se.
- [conditions] normalitzar-se, tornar a la normalitat.
- to settle on something decidir una cosa, resoldre una cosa.
- (idem) [choose] escollir una cosa, optar per una cosa.
- to settle on a date fixar una data.
- to settle for £250 convenir a acceptar 250 lliures.
- will you settle for a draw? acceptes un empat?
- to settle out of court arranjar-ho sense anar al jutjat.
- to settle up also figurative passar comptes. reflexive verb
- to settle oneself down in an armchair (escarxofar-se / arrepapar-se / arrepetellar-se) en una butaca.
- to settle oneself down for the night arranjar-se abans d'anar a dormir.
colloquial
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