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

• tranquillamente
• tranquillizzare

Related terms

• tranquillante
• tranquillare
• tranquillità

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traŋˈkʷɪl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [traŋˈkʷil.lo]

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

   Conjugation of tranquillō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tranquillō		tranquillās		tranquillat		tranquillāmus		tranquillātis		tranquillant
	imperfect	tranquillābam		tranquillābās		tranquillābat		tranquillābāmus		tranquillābātis		tranquillābant
	future	tranquillābō		tranquillābis		tranquillābit		tranquillābimus		tranquillābitis		tranquillābunt
	perfect	tranquillāvī		tranquillāvistī		tranquillāvit		tranquillāvimus		tranquillāvistis		tranquillāvērunt, tranquillāvēre
	pluperfect	tranquillāveram		tranquillāverās		tranquillāverat		tranquillāverāmus		tranquillāverātis		tranquillāverant
	future perfect	tranquillāverō		tranquillāveris		tranquillāverit		tranquillāverimus		tranquillāveritis		tranquillāverint
passive	present	tranquillor		tranquillāris, tranquillāre		tranquillātur		tranquillāmur		tranquillāminī		tranquillantur
	imperfect	tranquillābar		tranquillābāris, tranquillābāre		tranquillābātur		tranquillābāmur		tranquillābāminī		tranquillābantur
	future	tranquillābor		tranquillāberis, tranquillābere		tranquillābitur		tranquillābimur		tranquillābiminī		tranquillābuntur
	perfect	tranquillātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tranquillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tranquillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tranquillem		tranquillēs		tranquillet		tranquillēmus		tranquillētis		tranquillent
	imperfect	tranquillārem		tranquillārēs		tranquillāret		tranquillārēmus		tranquillārētis		tranquillārent
	perfect	tranquillāverim		tranquillāverīs		tranquillāverit		tranquillāverīmus		tranquillāverītis		tranquillāverint
	pluperfect	tranquillāvissem		tranquillāvissēs		tranquillāvisset		tranquillāvissēmus		tranquillāvissētis		tranquillāvissent
passive	present	tranquiller		tranquillēris, tranquillēre		tranquillētur		tranquillēmur		tranquillēminī		tranquillentur
	imperfect	tranquillārer		tranquillārēris, tranquillārēre		tranquillārētur		tranquillārēmur		tranquillārēminī		tranquillārentur
	perfect	tranquillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tranquillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tranquillā		—		—		tranquillāte		—
	future	—		tranquillātō		tranquillātō		—		tranquillātōte		tranquillantō
passive	present	—		tranquillāre		—		—		tranquillāminī		—
	future	—		tranquillātor		tranquillātor		—		—		tranquillantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tranquillāre			tranquillārī			tranquillāns			—
future		tranquillātūrum esse			tranquillātum īrī			tranquillātūrus			tranquillandus
perfect		tranquillāvisse			tranquillātum esse			—			tranquillātus
future perfect		—			tranquillātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tranquillātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tranquillandī		tranquillandō		tranquillandum		tranquillandō		tranquillātum		tranquillātū

Related terms

• tranquillē
• tranquillitās
• tranquillum
• tranquillus

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, 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]‎, 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]

• 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)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tran‧qui‧llo

Noun

tranquillo m (plural tranquillos)

1. knack

   Yo tengo el tranquillo. ― I have the knack.

Further reading

• “tranquillo”, 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