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

• tranquillante
• tranquillarsi
• tranquillato

 

Related terms

• tranquillità
• tranquillo

 

Latin

Verb

tranquillāre

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