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inquieto.

restless, agitated, unquiet, cross

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ĩ.kiˈɛ.tu/Brazil/ĩˈkjɛ.tu/Brazil/ĩˈkjɛ.tu/Portugal
  1. restless, agitated, unquiet, cross

  2. anxious, worried

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētus Latin inquiētuslbor. Portuguese inquieto Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētus. By surface analysis, in- + quieto.

verb/ĩ.kiˈɛ.tu/Brazil/ĩˈkjɛ.tu/Brazil/ĩˈkjɛ.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquietar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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