Etymology

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Borrowed from English amortizeFrench amortirGerman amortisierenItalian ammortireRussian амортизи́ровать (amortizírovatʹ)Spanish amortecer.

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Verb

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amortisar (present amortisas, past amortisis, future amortisos, conditional amortisus, imperative amortisez)

  1. (transitive) to weaken, deaden, break (the force of a stream, a blow, a fall or shock)
  2. (transitive) to calm (passions)
  3. (transitive) to abate (inflammation)
  4. (transitive) to blunt the feelings
  5. (transitive) to tone down, soften (colors)
  6. (transitive, finance) to pay, liquidate (a debt), to redeem (an annunity)
  7. (transitive, law) to amortize: to sell in mortmain
  8. (transitive, cooking) to make (meat) tender by long keeping

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