Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

settle

Pronunciation: /ˈsetlʲ/

Translate settle | into French | into German | into Italian
Spanish translation of settle

A. vt

  • 1 a [price/terms/time] acordar* it's all been settled, we're going to Miami = ya está (todo) decidido, nos vamos a Miami that settles it: I never want to see him again = ya no me cabe duda: no lo quiero volver a ver b (resolve) [dispute/differences] resolver*
  • 4 (make comfortable) [patient/child] poner* cómodo

B. vi

  • 5 a (pay) saldar la cuenta ( or la deuda etc) b [Law] to settle out of court = resolver* una disputa extrajudicialmente

Phrasal verbs

settle down

a v + adv a (become calm) things have settled down now = las cosas ya se han apaciguado settle down please, children = niños, por favor, tranquilos b (get comfortable) we settled down for the night = nos acomodamos para pasar la noche c (in place, activity) she's settling down well in her new school = se está adaptando bien a su nueva escuela you should get a job and settle down = deberías conseguirte un trabajo y establecerte or echar raíces en algún sitio d (become more responsible) sentar* (la) cabeza b v + o + adv (make calm) calmar, tranquilizar*

settle for

v + prep + o conformarse con

settle in

v + adv I'll come and see you when you've settled in = te vendré a ver cuando estés instalado she's settling in well in her new job = se está adaptando bien a su nuevo trabajo

settle into

v + prep + o [school/job] adaptarse a; [routine] acostumbrarse a

settle on

v + prep + o [date/place] decidirse por

settle up

v + adv (colloq) arreglar (las) cuentas

settle in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of settle in the British & World English dictionary Definition of settle in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

merrythought

/ /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …