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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)
- calm, sober, tranquil
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Latin
Etymology
From tranquillus (“quiet, calm, still, tranquil”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
tranquillō (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)
- quietly, without disturbance
Verb
tranquillō (present infinitive tranquillāre, perfect active tranquillāvī, supine tranquillātum); first conjugation
- to (make) calm or still,
- to compose, tranquillize or tranquillise, calm (down)
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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)
- Obsolete spelling of tranquilo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾanˈkiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tɾanˈkiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾanˈkiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾanˈkiʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: tran‧qui‧llo
Noun
tranquillo m (plural tranquillos)
- knack
- Yo tengo el tranquillo. ― I have the knack.
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