quieto

See also: Quieto, quietó, and quietò

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“I rest”), from quiēs (“rest”).

AdjectiveEdit

quieto m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)

1. quiet, still, having little motion or activity
2. tranquil, calm, peaceful

SynonymsEdit

• (quiet, still): inmóbil
• (tranquil, calm): calmo, plácido, tranquilo

AntonymsEdit

• (tranquil, calm): inquieto

Related termsEdit

• quietude

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin quiētus, whence also Italian cheto, an inherited doublet.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/
• Hyphenation: quiè‧to

AdjectiveEdit

quieto (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quieti, feminine plural quiete)

1. quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, still

SynonymsEdit

• calmo, tranquillo, silenzioso

AntonymsEdit

• inquieto, agitato, caotico

Related termsEdit

• quietamente
• quietare
• quiete

VerbEdit

quieto

1. first-person singular present of quietare

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• quiētor

EtymologyEdit

From quiētus.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈeː.toː/, [kᶣɪˈeː.toː]

VerbEdit

quiētō (present infinitive quiētāre, perfect active quiētāvī, supine quiētātum); first conjugation

1. (post-classical) to quiet, calm

InflectionEdit

Conjugation of quieto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quiētō	quiētās	quiētat	quiētāmus	quiētātis	quiētant
	imperfect	quiētābam	quiētābās	quiētābat	quiētābāmus	quiētābātis	quiētābant
	future	quiētābō	quiētābis	quiētābit	quiētābimus	quiētābitis	quiētābunt
	perfect	quiētāvī	quiētāvistī	quiētāvit	quiētāvimus	quiētāvistis	quiētāvērunt, quiētāvēre
	pluperfect	quiētāveram	quiētāverās	quiētāverat	quiētāverāmus	quiētāverātis	quiētāverant
	future perfect	quiētāverō	quiētāveris	quiētāverit	quiētāverimus	quiētāveritis	quiētāverint
passive	present	quiētor	quiētāris, quiētāre	quiētātur	quiētāmur	quiētāminī	quiētantur
	imperfect	quiētābar	quiētābāris, quiētābāre	quiētābātur	quiētābāmur	quiētābāminī	quiētābantur
	future	quiētābor	quiētāberis, quiētābere	quiētābitur	quiētābimur	quiētābiminī	quiētābuntur
	perfect	quiētātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quiētātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quiētātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quiētem	quiētēs	quiētet	quiētēmus	quiētētis	quiētent
	imperfect	quiētārem	quiētārēs	quiētāret	quiētārēmus	quiētārētis	quiētārent
	perfect	quiētāverim	quiētāverīs	quiētāverit	quiētāverīmus	quiētāverītis	quiētāverint
	pluperfect	quiētāvissem	quiētāvissēs	quiētāvisset	quiētāvissēmus	quiētāvissētis	quiētāvissent
passive	present	quiēter	quiētēris, quiētēre	quiētētur	quiētēmur	quiētēminī	quiētentur
	imperfect	quiētārer	quiētārēris, quiētārēre	quiētārētur	quiētārēmur	quiētārēminī	quiētārentur
	perfect	quiētātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quiētātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quiētā	—	—	quiētāte	—
	future	—	quiētātō	quiētātō	—	quiētātōte	quiētantō
passive	present	—	quiētāre	—	—	quiētāminī	—
	future	—	quiētātor	quiētātor	—	—	quiētantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quiētāre	quiētāvisse	quiētātūrus esse	quiētārī	quiētātus esse	quiētātum īrī
participles		quiētāns	—	quiētātūrus	—	quiētātus	quiētandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		quiētāre	quiētandī	quiētandō	quiētandum	quiētātum	quiētātū

DescendantsEdit

• Asturian: quedar
• Catalan: quedar
• Friulian: cuietâ
• Galician: quedar
• Italian: chetare, quietare

• Portuguese: quedar, quietar
• Romanian: înceta, încetare
• Sicilian: cuitari, quitari
• Spanish: quedar, quietar
• Venetian: chietar

ReferencesEdit

• quieto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quieto” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy peace of mind: quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esse
    

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin quiētus. Compare quedo, an inherited doublet.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkε.to/ , /ˈkjε.to/

AdjectiveEdit

quieto m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas, comparable)

1. With little or no sound; quiet.
2. Having little motion or activity; calm; quiet.
3. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved; quiet.

InflectionEdit

Inflection of quieto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	quieto	quieta	quietos	quietas
comparative	mais quieto	mais quieta	mais quietos	mais quietas
superlative	o mais quieto quietíssimo	a mais quieta quietíssima	os mais quietos quietíssimos	as mais quietas quietíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Related termsEdit

• quietude

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin quiētus, whence also Spanish quedo, an inherited doublet.

AdjectiveEdit

quieto (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)

1. calm
2. still

Related termsEdit

• aquietar
• aquiescencia
• inquieto
• quietud
• quedo