tranquillare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillāre (“to make calm; to tranquilize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tran.kwilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧là‧re

Verb

tranquillàre (first-person singular present tranquìllo, first-person singular past historic tranquillài, past participle tranquillàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, uncommon, literary) to calm down
    Synonyms: calmare, sedare, tranquillizzare
  2. (transitive, uncommon, literary, figurative) to placate, to appease
  3. (transitive, uncommon, literary, figurative) to soothe (pain, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to reassure
  5. (transitive, archaic) to make (something) sure or secure
  6. (transitive, archaic) to keep (someone) quiet, to keep at bay
  7. (intransitive, archaic) to enjoy peace and serenity [auxiliary essere]
  8. (intransitive, archaic) to enjoy oneself, to have fun [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: svagarsi

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tranquillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tranquillàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund tranquillàndo
present participle tranquillànte past participle tranquillàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tranquìllo tranquìlli tranquìlla tranquilliàmo tranquillàte tranquìllano
imperfect tranquillàvo tranquillàvi tranquillàva tranquillavàmo tranquillavàte tranquillàvano
past historic tranquillài tranquillàsti tranquillò tranquillàmmo tranquillàste tranquillàrono
future tranquillerò tranquillerài tranquillerà tranquillerémo tranquilleréte tranquillerànno
conditional tranquillerèi tranquillerésti tranquillerèbbe, tranquillerébbe tranquillerémmo tranquilleréste tranquillerèbbero, tranquillerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tranquìlli tranquìlli tranquìlli tranquilliàmo tranquilliàte tranquìllino
imperfect tranquillàssi tranquillàssi tranquillàsse tranquillàssimo tranquillàste tranquillàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tranquìlla tranquìlli tranquilliàmo tranquillàte tranquìllino
negative imperative non tranquillàre non tranquìlli non tranquilliàmo non tranquillàte non tranquìllino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

tranquillāre

  1. inflection of tranquillō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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