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settle /'setḷ/ verbo transitivo

1. 1. ‹price/terms/time› acordar^(conj.⇒);
      it's all been ~d, we're going to Miami ya está (todo) decidido, nos vamos a Miami;
      that ~s it: I never want to see him again ya no me cabe duda: no lo quiero volver a ver
   2. (resolve) ‹dispute/differences› resolver^(conj.⇒)

2. ‹bill/account› pagar^(conj.⇒);
   ‹debt› saldar, liquidar

3. ‹country/region› colonizar^(conj.⇒)

4. (make comfortable) ‹patient/child› poner^(conj.⇒) cómodo

5. (make calm) ‹child› calmar;
   ‹doubts› disipar;
   ‹stomach› asentar^(conj.⇒)

verbo intransitivo

1. (come to live) establecerse^(conj.⇒)

2. (become calm) [person] tranquilizarse^(conj.⇒)

3. 1. (make oneself comfortable) ponerse^(conj.⇒) cómodo
   2. [bird] posarse

4. 1. [dust] asentarse^(conj.⇒);
      [snow] cuajar
   2. (sink) [soil/foundations] asentarse^(conj.⇒);
      [sediment] depositarse

5. 1. (pay) saldar la cuenta (or la deuda etc)
   2. (Law): to ~ out of court resolver^(conj.⇒) una disputa extrajudicialmente

Phrasal Verbs
settle down

1. v + adv
   1. (become calm): things have ~d down now las cosas ya se han apaciguado;
      ~ down please, children niños, por favor, tranquilos
   2. (get comfortable): we ~d down for the night nos acomodamos para pasar la noche
   3. (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 ~ down deberías conseguirte un trabajo y establecerte or echar raíces en algún sitio
   4. (become more responsible) sentar^(conj.⇒) (la) cabeza

2. v + o + adv (make calm) calmar, tranquilizar^(conj.⇒)

settle for v + prep + o conformarse con settle in v + adv: I'll come and see you when you've ~d 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

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

settle ['setəl]

I

verbo transitivo 1   decidir      (una fecha, un precio) fijar 2   (una diferencia, un problema) resolver      (una riña) zanjar: that's all settled, eso está resuelto      that settles it, no hay más que decir 3   (una amenaza, actitud, etc) acabar con 4   (una cuenta) pagar      (una deuda) saldar 5   (una duda) disipar, desvanecer      (los nervios) calmar      (el estómago) asentar 6   (a un niño enfermo, uno mismo, etc) poner cómodo,-a 7   (un país) colonizar      (un lugar deshabitado) poblar

II

verbo intransitivo 1   (en una casa, un trabajo, etc) establecerse, instalarse      (en un país, un pueblo) afincarse, establecerse      (en una colonia) asentarse 2   (un insecto, pájaro) posarse      (un líquido) aclararse      (la nieve) cuajar      (el polvo) asentarse, posarse      (un sedimiento) precipitarse 3   (los nervios, una persona) calmarse      (una situación) volver a la normalidad 4   ponerse cómodo,-a: she settled into the sofa, se acomodó en el sofá 5   pagar [with sb, a alguien], llegar a un acuerdo

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Compound Forms:
settle accounts			ajustar cuentas v
settle differences			resolver las diferencias v
settle down		(calm down)	tranquilizarse v
settle down		(get comfortable)	ponerse cómodo v
settle down		(establish in a place)	echar raíces v
settle for		(settle for second best)	conformarse con v
settle in			instalarse v
settle it		(settle it among yourselves)	resuélvanlo v
settle on		(settle on something (name, color))	decidirse v
settle the score		(settle a score instead of settle the score: have an old score to settle with someone)	ajustar cuentas v
settle, sort out			resolver v
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English:

account - arbitration - score - second-best - settle down - settle for - settle in - settle on - settle up - conclude - decide - patch - permanently - square

Spanish:

afincarse - ajustar - amañarse - apalancarse - apoltronarse - asentar - asentarse - aterrizar - cachondeo - cuenta - depositarse - establecerse - finiquitar - formalizarse - instalarse - liquidar - mariposear - posarse - reposar - resolver - saldar - satisfacer - sedimentarse - solucionar - solventar - zanjar - amañar - arraigar - arreglar - cancelar - concretar - cuajar - decidir - establecer - instalar - poblar - radicar - transar

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