quieto

See also: Quieto, quietó, and quietò

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“I rest”), from quiēs (“rest”).

Adjective

quieto m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)

  1. quiet, still, having little motion or activity
  2. tranquil, calm, peaceful

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Antonyms

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/, [ˈkwjɛːt̪o]
  • Stress: quièto
  • Hyphenation: quie‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quiētus, from Proto-Italic *kʷiētos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁tos, from the root *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of cheto.

Adjective

quieto (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quieti, feminine plural quiete)

  1. quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, still
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

quieto

  1. first-person singular present of quietare

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From quiētus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiˈeː.toː/, [kᶣɪˈeː.toː]

Verb

quiētō (present infinitive quiētāre, perfect active quiētāvī, supine quiētātum); first conjugation

  1. (post-classical) to quiet, calm

Inflection
   Conjugation of quieto (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quiētō quiētās quiētat quiētāmus quiētātis quiētant
imperfect quiētābam quiētābās quiētābat quiētābāmus quiētābātis quiētābant
future quiētābō quiētābis quiētābit quiētābimus quiētābitis quiētābunt
perfect quiētāvī quiētāvistī quiētāvit quiētāvimus quiētāvistis quiētāvērunt, quiētāvēre
pluperfect quiētāveram quiētāverās quiētāverat quiētāverāmus quiētāverātis quiētāverant
future perfect quiētāverō quiētāveris quiētāverit quiētāverimus quiētāveritis quiētāverint
passive present quiētor quiētāris, quiētāre quiētātur quiētāmur quiētāminī quiētantur
imperfect quiētābar quiētābāris, quiētābāre quiētābātur quiētābāmur quiētābāminī quiētābantur
future quiētābor quiētāberis, quiētābere quiētābitur quiētābimur quiētābiminī quiētābuntur
perfect quiētātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect quiētātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect quiētātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quiētem quiētēs quiētet quiētēmus quiētētis quiētent
imperfect quiētārem quiētārēs quiētāret quiētārēmus quiētārētis quiētārent
perfect quiētāverim quiētāverīs quiētāverit quiētāverimus quiētāveritis quiētāverint
pluperfect quiētāvissem quiētāvissēs quiētāvisset quiētāvissēmus quiētāvissētis quiētāvissent
passive present quiēter quiētēris, quiētēre quiētētur quiētēmur quiētēminī quiētentur
imperfect quiētārer quiētārēris, quiētārēre quiētārētur quiētārēmur quiētārēminī quiētārentur
perfect quiētātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect quiētātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — quiētā — — quiētāte —
future — quiētātō quiētātō — quiētātōte quiētantō
passive present — quiētāre — — quiētāminī —
future — quiētātor quiētātor — — quiētantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives quiētāre quiētāvisse quiētātūrus esse quiētārī quiētātus esse quiētātum īrī
participles quiētāns — quiētātūrus — quiētātus quiētandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
quiētāre quiētandī quiētandō quiētandum quiētātum quiētātū

Descendants

References
  • quieto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quieto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enjoy peace of mind: quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esse

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus. Compare quedo, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

Adjective

quieto m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas, comparable)

  1. With little or no sound; quiet.
  2. Having little motion or activity; calm; quiet.
  3. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved; quiet.

Inflection
Inflection of quieto
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
positive quieto quieta quietos quietas
comparative mais quieto mais quieta mais quietos mais quietas
superlative o mais quieto
quietíssimo		 a mais quieta
quietíssima		 os mais quietos
quietíssimos		 as mais quietas
quietíssimas
augmentative — — — —
diminutive — — — —

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus, whence also Spanish quedo, an inherited doublet. Compare English coy and quiet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkjeto/, [ˈkjet̪o]

Adjective

quieto (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)

  1. calm
  2. still
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