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Italian
Etymology
Present participle of inquietare, influenced by French inquiétant, from Late Latin inquiētantem (“disturbing”), present active participle of inquiētō (“to disturb, disquiet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kwjeˈtan.te/, /in.kwi.eˈtan.te/[1]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: in‧quie‧tàn‧te, in‧qui‧e‧tàn‧te
Participle
inquietante (plural inquietanti)
- present participle of inquietare
Adjective
inquietante (plural inquietanti)
- disturbing, disquieting, alarming
- Synonyms: allarmante, preoccupante, sconvolgente
- Antonyms: rassicurante, tranquillizzante
- (figurative) perturbing, exciting
- Synonyms: conturbante, perturbante, sconvolgente
- Antonyms: rasserenante, tranquillizzante
References
Latin
Participle
inquiētante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of inquiētāns
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquiētantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkjeˈtante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: in‧quie‧tan‧te
Adjective
inquietante m or f (masculine and feminine plural inquietantes)
- worrying
- Synonym: preocupante
- disturbing
- Synonym: perturbador
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