tranquilo

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See also: tranqüilo and tranquiło

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾaŋˈkilo/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: tran‧qui‧lo

Adjective

tranquilo (feminine tranquila, masculine plural tranquilos, feminine plural tranquilas)

  1. calm, tranquil
    Synonym: calmo

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tran‧qui‧lo

Adjective

tranquilo (feminine tranquila, masculine plural tranquilos, feminine plural tranquilas, comparable, comparative mais tranquilo, superlative o mais tranquilo or tranquilíssimo, diminutive tranquilinho, augmentative tranquilão)

  1. calm; peaceful; tranquil (without motion or sound)
    Synonyms: calmo, quieto, sossegado
    Antonyms: agitado, inquieto, intranquilo, sobressaltado
    O mar está tranquilo. ― The sea is calm.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 136:
      Vivemos eu e elle n’uma casinha de um bairro tranquillo e retirado.
      He and I live in a small house from a quiet and distanced neighbourhood.
  2. calm, tranquil (free from emotional or mental disturbance)
    Synonyms: calmo, sossegado
    Antonyms: agitado, desassossegado
    Graças às suas reclamações, não estou mais tranquilo.
    Thanks to your complaints, I am no longer calm.
    Minha consciência está tranquila. ― My conscience is clear.
    Ele é uma pessoa tranquila. ― He is a calm person.

Derived terms

Interjection

tranquilo

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) OK; no problem; all right
    Synonyms: beleza, OK
    — Pode buscar os livros?
    — Tranquilo.
    — Can you fetch the books?
    — No problem.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tranquilo (feminine tranquila, masculine plural tranquilos, feminine plural tranquilas)

  1. calm, peaceful, tranquil, quiet
    Synonyms: calmado, recogido
    El campo es tranquilo.
    The countryside is peaceful.

Derived terms

Interjection

¡tranquilo! m (plural tranquilos, feminine tranquila, feminine plural tranquilas)

  1. relax! calm down!

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