inquieto
Spanish, adjective
inquieto is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-E-T-O (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquieto is a Spanish adjective meaning “restless, agitated, unquiet, cross” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of inquietar. With an accent, inquietó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of inquietar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no es capaz de permanecer en un sitio”.
What does inquieto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
restless, agitated, unquiet, cross
- 2
anxious, worried
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of inquietar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of inquietar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no es capaz de permanecer en un sitio. 2. Curioso, que le gusta indagar cosas. 3. Extremadamente travieso, voluntarioso.
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 inquieto
- inquieta feminine
- inquietos masculine plural
- inquietas feminine plural
- inquietísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to inquieto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquieto in Spanish?
inquieto appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).