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inquietar

Spanish, verb/inkjeˈtaɾ/

inquietar is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-E-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquietar is a Spanish verb meaning “to upset, worry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar la tranquilidad”.

What does inquietar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to upset, worry

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Quitar la tranquilidad. 2. Perturbar el derecho de alguien a poseer algo de modo tranquilo y pacífico.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of inquietar

  • inquieto first-person present singular
  • inquieté first-person preterite singular
  • inquietado participle past
  • inquietando gerund
  • inquietada feminine participle past
  • inquietados masculine participle past
  • inquietadas feminine participle past
  • inquietas indicative informal present
  • inquietás indicative informal present
  • inquieta indicative present singular
  • inquietamos first-person indicative plural
  • inquietáis indicative plural present
  • inquietan indicative plural present
  • inquietaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • inquietabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • inquietábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • inquietabais imperfect indicative plural
  • inquietaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inquietar?

  • /inkjeˈtaɾ/
  • [ĩŋ.kjeˈt̪aɾ]
  • [ĩŋkjeˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inquietar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inquietar in Spanish?

inquietar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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