mitigar

to mitigate

verb mee-tee-GAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin mitigare, from mitis (mild) + agere (to drive, make).

Also means

to alleviate

Usage Note

Mitigar means to reduce the severity or intensity of something harmful — mitigar el riesgo (to mitigate the risk), mitigar el dolor (to ease the pain). It takes a direct object without a preposition. The related adjective is mitigador/mitigadora, and the noun is mitigación, common in climate policy: mitigación del cambio climático.

Examples

"Las medidas buscan mitigar el impacto del desastre."

Natural Translation

The measures aim to mitigate the impact of the disaster.

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