quieto

See also: Quieto, quietó, and quietò

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkjɛtʊ]

Adjective

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

1. quiet, still, having little motion or activity

   'Ta quietiño, ho! ― Stop it, child! (literally, “stay little calm, [emphatic interjection]!”)

   Synonyms: quedo, inmóbil

2. tranquil, calm, peaceful

   Synonyms: calmo, plácido, quedo, tranquilo

   Antonyms: inquedo, inquieto, revolto

Related terms

• poñerse quieto
• quietude

References

• “quieto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “quieto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “quieto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “quieto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “quieto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/, [ˈkwjɛːt̪o]
• Hyphenation: quiè‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quiētus, from Proto-Italic *kʷiētos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁tos, from the root *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of cheto.

Adjective

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

1. quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, still

Synonyms

• calmo, tranquillo, silenzioso

Antonyms

• inquieto, agitato, caotico

Derived terms

• acquietare
• quietamente
• quietezza
• quietitudine

 

Related terms

• cheto
• quietare
• quiete

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

quieto

1. first-person singular present of quietare

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Latin

Alternative forms

• quiētor

Etymology

From quiētus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈeː.toː/, [kᶣiˈeː.t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈe.to/, [kwiˈɛː.t̪ɔ]

Verb

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

1. (post-Classical) to quiet, calm

Conjugation

Conjugation of quiētō (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	quiētātūrum esse	quiētārī	quiētātum esse	quiētātum īrī
participles		quiētāns	—	quiētātūrus	—	quiētātus	quiētandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		quiētandī	quiētandō	quiētandum	quiētandō	quiētātum	quiētātū

Descendants

• Asturian: quedar
• Aragonese: quedar
• Catalan: quedar
• English: quiet
• Extremaduran: queal
• Friulian: cuietâ
• Galician: quedar, quitar
• Italian: chetare, quietare (borrowing)
• Leonese: quedare
• Ligurian: quêtâ
• Mirandese: quedar
• Papiamentu: keda
• Piedmontese: chieté
• Portuguese: quedar, quietar (borrowing), quitar
• Romanian: înceta, încetare
• Sicilian: cuitari, quitari
• Spanish: quedar, quietar (borrowing), quitar
• Venetian: chietar

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy peace of mind: quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esse
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈk(j)ɛ.tu/, [ˈkjɛ.t̪ʊ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.to/, /ˈkjɛ.to/

Adjective

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.

Inflection

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 terms

• quietude

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus, whence also Spanish quedo, an inherited doublet. Compare English coy and quiet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjeto/, [ˈkje.t̪o]

Adjective

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

1. calm

   Synonym: tranquilo

2. still

Derived terms

• aquietar

Related terms

• aquiescente
• inquieto
• quedo
• quietud

 

Further reading

• “quieto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.