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Asturian
Adjective
quieto
- neuter of quietu
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus. Doublet of quedo, which was inherited.
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
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quieto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quieto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quieto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quieto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quieto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/, /kwiˈɛ.to/, /ˈkwje.to/, /kwiˈe.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
- Hyphenation: quiè‧to, qui‧è‧to, quié‧to, qui‧é‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin quiētus. Doublet of cheto, which was inherited.
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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
quieto
- first-person singular present indicative of quietare
References
Latin
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 and quite, which were inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese.
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)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus. Doublet of quedo, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjeto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: quie‧to
Adjective
quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)
- calm
- Synonym: tranquilo
- still
- Synonym: inmóvil
Derived terms
Verb
quieto
- first-person singular present indicative of quietar
Further reading