# quieto
## Asturian
### Adjective

quieto
* neuter of quietu

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkjɛto/ [ˈkjɛ.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛto
* Hyphenation: quie‧to

### Adjective

quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)
* quiet, still, having little motion or activity
    Synonyms: quedo, inmóbil
    'Ta quietiño, ho! ― Stop it, child! (literally, “stay little calm, [emphatic interjection]!”)
* tranquil, calm, peaceful
    Synonyms: calmo, plácido, quedo, tranquilo
    Antonyms: inquedo, inquieto, revolto

#### Related terms

* poñerse quieto
* quietude

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quieto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quieto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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: /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)
* 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
* first-person singular present indicative of quietare

### References

* ↑ quieto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* quiētor

### Etymology

From quiētus.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kʷiˈeː.toː/, [kʷiˈeːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /kwiˈe.to/, [kwiˈɛːt̪o]

### Verb

quiētō (present infinitive quiētāre, perfect active quiētāvī, supine quiētātum); first conjugation
* (post-Classical) to quiet, calm

#### 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
* 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, 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: /kiˈɛ.tu/ [kɪˈɛ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈɛ.tu/ [kɪˈɛ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kiˈɛ.to/ [kɪˈɛ.to], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkjɛ.to/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkjɛ.tu/, (colloquial) /ˈkɛ.tu/
* 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)
* quiet (with little or no sound)
* quiet (having little motion or activity; calm)
* quiet (not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved)

#### Related terms

* inquieto
* irrequieto
* quietude

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkjeto/ [ˈkje.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Syllabification: quie‧to

### Adjective

quieto (feminine quieta, masculine plural quietos, feminine plural quietas)
* calm
    Synonym: tranquilo
* still
    Synonym: inmóvil

#### Derived terms

* aquietar

#### Related terms

* aquiescente
* inquieto
* quedo
* quietud

### Verb

quieto
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10