tranquillo

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillus (quiet, calm, still, tranquil), from Proto-Italic *trānskʷīlos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tranˈkwil.lo/
  • Rhymes: -illo
  • Hyphenation: tran‧quìl‧lo

Adjective

tranquillo (feminine tranquilla, masculine plural tranquilli, feminine plural tranquille, superlative tranquillissimo)

  1. calm, sober, tranquil

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From tranquillus (quiet, calm, still, tranquil).

Pronunciation

Adverb

tranquillō (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)

  1. quietly, without disturbance

Verb

tranquillō (present infinitive tranquillāre, perfect active tranquillāvī, supine tranquillātum); first conjugation

  1. to (make) calm or still,
  2. to compose, tranquillize or tranquillise, calm (down)

Conjugation

References

  • tranquillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tranquillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tranquillo 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

Adjective

tranquillo (feminine tranquilla, masculine plural tranquillos, feminine plural tranquillas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tranquilo.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾanˈkiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾanˈkiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾanˈkiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾanˈkiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: tran‧qui‧llo

Noun

tranquillo m (plural tranquillos)

  1. knack
    Yo tengo el tranquillo.I have the knack.

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