quieto

See also: Quieto, quietó, and quietò

Asturian

Adjective

quieto

1. neuter of quietu

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus. Doublet of quedo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛto/ [ˈkjɛ.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛto
• Hyphenation: quie‧to

Adjective

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

1. quiet, still, having little motion or activity

   Synonyms: quedo, inmóbil

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

2. tranquil, calm, peaceful

   Synonyms: calmo, plácido, quedo, tranquilo

   Antonyms: inquedo, inquieto, revolto

Related terms

• poñerse quieto
• quietude

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “quieto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “quieto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “quieto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quieto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quieto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwjɛ.to/, /kwiˈɛ.to/, /ˈkwje.to/, /kwiˈe.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
• Hyphenation: quiè‧to, qui‧è‧to, quié‧to, qui‧é‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quiētus. Doublet of cheto, which was inherited.

Alternative forms

• queto (literary)

Adjective

quieto (feminine 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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quieto

1. first-person singular present indicative of quietare

Latin

Alternative forms

• quiētor

Etymology

From quiētus (“quiet, calm”) + -ō (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷiˈeː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷiˈɛː.to]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		quiētāre			quiētārī			quiētāns			—
future		quiētātūrum esse			quiētātum īrī			quiētātūrus			quiētandus
perfect		quiētāvisse			quiētātum esse			—			quiētātus
future perfect		—			quiētātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		quiētātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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, → quitar (semi-learned), → quietar (learned)
• Venetan: 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
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus. Doublet of quedo and quite, which were inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈɛ.tu/, (faster) /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: qui‧e‧to

Adjective

quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas, comparable, comparative mais quieto, superlative o mais quieto or quietíssimo)

1. quiet (with little or no sound)
2. quiet (having little motion or activity; calm)
3. quiet (not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved)

Related terms

• inquieto
• irrequieto
• quietude

Further reading

• “quieto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quieto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis

Proto-Italic *kʷjētis

Latin quiēs

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin quiēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin quiētuslbor.

Spanish quieto

Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus. Doublet of inherited quedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjeto/ [ˈkje.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: quie‧to

Adjective

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

1. calm

   Synonym: tranquilo

2. still

   Synonym: inmóvil

Related terms

• aquiescente
• aquietar
• inquieto
• quedo
• quietud

Verb

quieto

1. first-person singular present indicative of quietar

Further reading

• “quieto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025