quieto
Spanish, adjective
quieto is spelled Q-U-I-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,075th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quieto is a Spanish adjective meaning “calm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of quietar. With an accent, quietó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of quietar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Carente de movimiento, que no se mueve”.
What does quieto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
calm
- 2
still
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of quietar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of quietar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Carente de movimiento, que no se mueve. 2. Que se mueve muy poco, que se agita poco. 3. De carácter mesurado y comedido.
interjection: 1. Expresión usada por los delincuentes en un asalto o por los policías para detener criminales. Generalmente apuntando con un arma.
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 quieto
- quieta feminine
- quietos masculine plural
- quietas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to quieto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quieto in Spanish?
quieto appears 4.0 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).