assossegar

• sossegar

Variant form of sossegar, from earlier *sessegar, from Vulgar Latin *sessicāre, from sessus, perfect passive participle of sedeō. Cognate with Portuguese sossegar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.su.səˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.so.səˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.so.seˈɣaɾ]

assossegar (first-person singular present assossego, first-person singular preterite assosseguí, past participle assossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to calm, soothe, hush

   Synonyms: calmar, apaivagar, tranquil·litzar

2. (reflexive) to put oneself at ease, to calm down

• “assossegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Hyphenation: as‧sos‧se‧gar

assossegar (first-person singular present assossego, first-person singular preterite assosseguei, past participle assossegado)

1. alternative form of sossegar (“to relax”)