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Asturian
Adjective
quieto
- neuter of quietu
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“I rest”), from quiēs (“rest”). Doublet of quedo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)
- quiet, still, having little motion or activity
- Synonyms: quedo, inmóbil
- 'Ta quietiño, ho! ― Stop it, child! (literally, “stay little calm, !”)
- tranquil, calm, peaceful
- Synonyms: calmo, plácido, quedo, tranquilo
- Antonyms: inquedo, inquieto, revolto
Related terms
References
- “quieto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “quieto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “quieto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “quieto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “quieto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/, /kwiˈɛ.to/, /ˈkwje.to/, /kwiˈe.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
- Hyphenation: quiè‧to, qui‧è‧to, quié‧to, qui‧é‧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, which was inherited.
Alternative forms
Adjective
quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quieti, feminine plural quiete)
- quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, still
- Synonyms: calmo, tranquillo, silenzioso
- Antonyms: inquieto, agitato, caotico
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
quieto
- first-person singular present indicative of quietare
References
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From quiētus.
Pronunciation
Verb
quiētō (present infinitive quiētāre, perfect active quiētāvī, supine quiētātum); first conjugation
- (post-Classical) to quiet, calm
Conjugation
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
Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus. Doublet of quedo, which was an inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- Hyphenation: qui‧e‧to
Adjective
quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas, comparable, comparative mais quieto, superlative o mais quieto or quietíssimo)
- quiet (with little or no sound)
- quiet (having little motion or activity; calm)
- quiet (not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus, whence also Spanish quedo, an inherited doublet. Compare English coy and quiet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjeto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: quie‧to
Adjective
quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)
- calm
- Synonym: tranquilo
- still
Derived terms
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Verb
quieto
- first-person singular present indicative of quietar
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