inquietar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [iŋ.ki.əˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.ki.eˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [iŋ.ki.eˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

inquietar (first-person singular present inquieto, first-person singular preterite inquietí, past participle inquietat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to worry; unsettle

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of inquietar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inquietar
gerund			inquietant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inquietat		inquietada
		plural		inquietats		inquietades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inquieto	inquietes	inquieta	inquietem	inquieteu	inquieten
	imperfect	inquietava	inquietaves	inquietava	inquietàvem	inquietàveu	inquietaven
	future	inquietaré	inquietaràs	inquietarà	inquietarem	inquietareu	inquietaran
	preterite	inquietí	inquietares	inquietà	inquietàrem	inquietàreu	inquietaren
	conditional	inquietaria	inquietaries	inquietaria	inquietaríem	inquietaríeu	inquietarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inquieti	inquietis	inquieti	inquietem	inquieteu	inquietin
	imperfect	inquietés	inquietessis	inquietés	inquietéssim	inquietéssiu	inquietessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inquieta	inquieti	inquietem	inquieteu	inquietin
	negative (no)	—	no inquietis	no inquieti	no inquietem	no inquieteu	no inquietin

Related terms

• inquiet

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

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 inquiētus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin inquietārelbor.

Portuguese inquietar

Learned borrowing from Latin inquietāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.eˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ki.eˈta(h)], (faster) /ĩ.kjeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kjeˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.eˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ki.eˈta(h)], (faster) /ĩ.kjeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kjeˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.eˈta(ɾ)/, (faster) /ĩ.kjeˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.eˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ki.eˈta(χ)], (faster) /ĩ.kjeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kjeˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.eˈta(ɻ)/, (faster) /ĩ.kjeˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kjɛˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kjɛˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kjɛˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧e‧tar

Verb

inquietar (first-person singular present inquieto, first-person singular preterite inquietei, past participle inquietado)

1. to unsettle; to alarm

   Synonym: desconcertar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inquietar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inquietar
Personal	inquietar	inquietares	inquietar	inquietarmos	inquietardes	inquietarem
Gerund
	inquietando
Past participle
Masculine	inquietado			inquietados
Feminine	inquietada			inquietadas
Indicative
Present	inquieto	inquietas	inquieta	inquietamos	inquietais	inquietam
Imperfect	inquietava	inquietavas	inquietava	inquietávamos	inquietáveis	inquietavam
Preterite	inquietei	inquietaste	inquietou	inquietamos1, inquietámos2	inquietastes	inquietaram
Pluperfect	inquietara	inquietaras	inquietara	inquietáramos	inquietáreis	inquietaram
Future	inquietarei	inquietarás	inquietará	inquietaremos	inquietareis	inquietarão
Conditional	inquietaria	inquietarias	inquietaria	inquietaríamos	inquietaríeis	inquietariam
Subjunctive
Present	inquiete	inquietes	inquiete	inquietemos	inquieteis	inquietem
Imperfect	inquietasse	inquietasses	inquietasse	inquietássemos	inquietásseis	inquietassem
Future	inquietar	inquietares	inquietar	inquietarmos	inquietardes	inquietarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inquieta	inquiete	inquietemos	inquietai	inquietem
Negative (não)		não inquietes	não inquiete	não inquietemos	não inquieteis	não inquietem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• inquietude
• quietar

Further reading

• “inquietar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquietāre, from inquiētus (“restless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkjeˈtaɾ/ [ĩŋ.kjeˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧quie‧tar

Verb

inquietar (first-person singular present inquieto, first-person singular preterite inquieté, past participle inquietado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to upset, worry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inquietar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inquietar
gerund			inquietando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inquietado		inquietada
		plural		inquietados		inquietadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inquieto	inquietastú inquietásvos	inquieta	inquietamos	inquietáis	inquietan
	imperfect	inquietaba	inquietabas	inquietaba	inquietábamos	inquietabais	inquietaban
	preterite	inquieté	inquietaste	inquietó	inquietamos	inquietasteis	inquietaron
	future	inquietaré	inquietarás	inquietará	inquietaremos	inquietaréis	inquietarán
	conditional	inquietaría	inquietarías	inquietaría	inquietaríamos	inquietaríais	inquietarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inquiete	inquietestú inquietésvos2	inquiete	inquietemos	inquietéis	inquieten
	imperfect (ra)	inquietara	inquietaras	inquietara	inquietáramos	inquietarais	inquietaran
	imperfect (se)	inquietase	inquietases	inquietase	inquietásemos	inquietaseis	inquietasen
	future1	inquietare	inquietares	inquietare	inquietáremos	inquietareis	inquietaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inquietatú inquietávos	inquiete	inquietemos	inquietad	inquieten
	negative		no inquietes	no inquiete	no inquietemos	no inquietéis	no inquieten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inquietar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive inquietar	dative	inquietarme	inquietarte	inquietarle, inquietarse	inquietarnos	inquietaros	inquietarles, inquietarse
	accusative	inquietarme	inquietarte	inquietarlo, inquietarla, inquietarse	inquietarnos	inquietaros	inquietarlos, inquietarlas, inquietarse
with gerund inquietando	dative	inquietándome	inquietándote	inquietándole, inquietándose	inquietándonos	inquietándoos	inquietándoles, inquietándose
	accusative	inquietándome	inquietándote	inquietándolo, inquietándola, inquietándose	inquietándonos	inquietándoos	inquietándolos, inquietándolas, inquietándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative inquieta	dative	inquiétame	inquiétate	inquiétale	inquiétanos	not used	inquiétales
	accusative	inquiétame	inquiétate	inquiétalo, inquiétala	inquiétanos	not used	inquiétalos, inquiétalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative inquietá	dative	inquietame	inquietate	inquietale	inquietanos	not used	inquietales
	accusative	inquietame	inquietate	inquietalo, inquietala	inquietanos	not used	inquietalos, inquietalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inquiete	dative	inquiéteme	not used	inquiétele, inquiétese	inquiétenos	not used	inquiételes
	accusative	inquiéteme	not used	inquiételo, inquiétela, inquiétese	inquiétenos	not used	inquiételos, inquiételas
with first-person plural imperative inquietemos	dative	not used	inquietémoste	inquietémosle	inquietémonos	inquietémoos	inquietémosles
	accusative	not used	inquietémoste	inquietémoslo, inquietémosla	inquietémonos	inquietémoos	inquietémoslos, inquietémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inquietad	dative	inquietadme	not used	inquietadle	inquietadnos	inquietaos	inquietadles
	accusative	inquietadme	not used	inquietadlo, inquietadla	inquietadnos	inquietaos	inquietadlos, inquietadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inquieten	dative	inquiétenme	not used	inquiétenle	inquiétennos	not used	inquiétenles, inquiétense
	accusative	inquiétenme	not used	inquiétenlo, inquiétenla	inquiétennos	not used	inquiétenlos, inquiétenlas, inquiétense

Related terms

• inquieto
• inquietud
• quietar

Further reading

• “inquietar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026