suavizar
Meanings
Verb
1. to soften, smooth (transitive)
2. to ease, to relieve (transitive)
Examples2
Estamos esperando a que se suavice la lluvia.
We're waiting for the rain to get less heavy.
Los niños suavizan las fatigas, pero hacen más amargos los infortunios.
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.