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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

달래다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dallaeda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Placate/ˈpleɪ.keɪt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 화난 고객을 달래려고 노력했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To make someone less angry or hostile, often by giving them something or yielding to their demands.

    "The manager tried to placate the upset customer by offering a full refund."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'placare', meaning to soothe, calm, or appease, which is related to 'placere' (to please). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, preserving its core sense of pacifying someone who is angry or hostile.

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