placate
 transitive verb
 calmar
EN Sally felt a pang, but tried to conceal it under a shuffling attempt to save his case by changing the form of it --as if changing the form while retaining the juice could deceive the expert he was trying to placate.
GL Sally sentiu remorsos, mais tratou de disimulalos mudándolle-la súa forma de expresión nun intento equívoco de arranxa-las cousas, coma se cambiándolle-la forma e, á vez, retendo a forza puidese engana-lo experto ó que pretendía calmar.
 Fonte: LEG (190)
aplacar
EN Legend has it that at the time of the pharaohs, the people of Egypt sent gifts up the Nile to the kingdom of Ethiopia to placate the Gods that fed the river's source.
GL Segundo a lenda, en tempos dos faraóns o pobo de Exipto enviou presentes ó reino de Etiopía, no alto Nilo, para aplaca-la ira dos deuses que alimentaban a fonte do río.
Fonte: C28 (465)
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