tranquillo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillus (quiet, calm, still, tranquil), from Proto-Italic *trānskʷīlos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tranˈkwil.lo/
  • Rhymes: -illo
  • Hyphenation: tran‧quìl‧lo

Adjective

tranquillo (feminine tranquilla, masculine plural tranquilli, feminine plural tranquille, superlative tranquillissimo)

  1. calm, sober, tranquil

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From tranquillus (quiet, calm, still, tranquil).

Pronunciation

Adverb

tranquillō (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)

  1. quietly, without disturbance

Verb

tranquillō (present infinitive tranquillāre, perfect active tranquillāvī, supine tranquillātum); first conjugation

  1. to (make) calm or still,
  2. to compose, tranquillize or tranquillise, calm (down)

Conjugation

References

  • tranquillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tranquillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tranquillo 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

Adjective

tranquillo (feminine tranquilla, masculine plural tranquillos, feminine plural tranquillas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tranquilo.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 136:
      Vivemos eu e elle n’uma casinha de um bairro tranquillo e retirado.
      He and I live in a small house from a quiet and distanced neighbourhood.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /tɾanˈkiʝo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈki.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /tɾanˈkiʎo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /tɾanˈkiʃo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /tɾanˈkiʒo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: tran‧qui‧llo

Noun

tranquillo m (plural tranquillos)

  1. knack
    Yo tengo el tranquillo.I have the knack.

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